The unusually high tide in the Thames inundated large areas. In Stratford the tide rose with amazing rapidity and the streets were soon twenty centimetres under water and all trafit was stopped. Numerous shops and picture theatres were flooded. In one theatre the spectators were taken by surprise.
The fire brigades in Medway Chatham and Rochester had to build dams against the quickly rising water.
In London, the Thames is still rising. In Outney a dam burst and the streets were flooded in a few minutes Radio messages given constantly last night warned the population of the danger. Police had to wake people and warn them to get to places of safety.
In Margate the storm raged for more than four hours. Iron fences were torn away by the force of the rushing water and several water pipes broke.—Trans-Ocean.
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