As a result of the heavy rain early inthe morning, a rainfall that was accompanied by an occasional reverberaling roll of thunder, sever sections of Shanghai were completely fooded for the greater part of the day.
Trafic was held up and had to be diverted in several cases, notably at Chekiang Road, between Wing On's and the new Annexe, and at Rue Ratard, Just before Avenue clu Rot Albert. In both cases, the water was knee-deep, and motorists deemed it wiser to switch to another route rather than risk an attempt at fording me failure due to In a large number of cases on the outside roads near Jessfield and in the low-lying districts of the French Concession—Rue Amiral Courbet and Route Tenant de 1a Tour, for instance =the roads were only partially Aooded or at the most, flooded to a depth of (we of three inches, inconveniencing pedestrian tram only.
Two other districts to feel the full force of the flooding, however, were Vu Yuen and Tifeng Roads, by the Bubbling Well Fire Station, where the pavement was completely under water fo the extent of two or three inches; and North Szechuen Road Extension, by the Public & Thomas Hanbury [School for Boys, where the water lapped the edges of the top steps of the shops facing the school grounds, and occasionally ran over the top 38 result of the "bow wave" of a bus passing in a cloud of spray.
Fourteen inches of water held up the heavy traffic on North Szechuen Road yesterday afternoon, The rainfall resulted in the area between the end of the tram lines on. the road and the 700 yard mark on the rifle range of ihe S.V.C. being flooded.
Traffic was forced to slow down going through the inundated area Motor cars especially, experienced difficulty in getting through, having to shift into second speed. Rickshaw pullers strained plodding through the The annual meeting of the Shang hat Rifle Association was postponed because of the flood, it being im-
conditions, Bessie to hold a shoot under such Central District Untouched where have been no floods Jaround here," said the sergeant on duty at the Central Police Station desk hat day. Thanks to the fact that the road levels on Szechuen and Hankow Roads—the Customs House block—were recently raised, this district, usually one of the first to feat the effects of a heavy fall of rain, was comparatively speaking, dry.
No floods were reported in the Eastern district, Despite all this, however, Shanghai ig not suffering from an un precedent fall of rain this year. 'The contrary the case. 'The (oral fall of rain from January 1 this year to midnight on Sunday was only 16.76 inches, as compared" with 1985 "inches, the average for the past 62 years.' Yes terday's rainfall added another 2.15 inches, making the total fall of rain since Thursday 6.28 Inches.
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