Helsingfors, Nov. 16.
Russians yesterday were blaming the lack of Finnish weather reports for the flood damage to Leningrad where the River Neva rose three feet higher than normal as a result of a Gulf of Finland storm.
The Russians said that if Finland bad issued warnings of the approaching storm the population at Leningrad could have taken precautions.
The Finnish press answered the charge of the Russians by saying that they have only recently resumed giving weather reports after a silence of months, Reports from Tallinn said the storm damaged Russian hydroplanes anchored there—United Press.
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