The Archive · 1935

Sahara Desert Puts on Arctic Cloak

srectst 10 Tue "vc, mmmALar"

Algiers, Jan. 29.

Snow fell today in the Sahara Desert, when the oasis of Bousada was covered with a white "blanket that gave it an Aretle appearance.

The fall was all the more rematkable as the heat in the oasis fg usually extreme—Router, Istanbul. Jan, 30, Following the ravages caused in the regions of Smyrna and Istanbul by the recent inundations and storms, the city of Andrinople hax now ale been flooded by the swollen rivers Maritza and Tundja, The flood Jdue to torrential rains and heavy snowfall. A large part of the city completely under water es well as some of the suburbs. The disaster 33 caused considerable damage. Communications have been interrupt and several buildings have collapsed.

Storms continue raging practically all over Turkey, while a new seismic Shock in the region of Marmara wns felt yesterday at Istanbul.—Havas,

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