The New York herald., 1879-08-26
STORM IN. ENGLAND.
ANOTHER HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE BRITISH
IsLANDs-ToTAI. DESTRUCTION OF THE
cRops-ovERrLowING RIVERS sUBMERaE
GREAT TRACTS OF LAND.

cRoPs-ovERFLow1NG RIVERS sUBMERaE
GREAT TRACTS OF LAND.
[By CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON August %, 1870.
The prediction cabled by the HERALD
Weather Bureau On the 10th, which stated that
ga disturbance will arrive on the British, Nor
the 22d and 24th, attended by heavy rains east
gales, backing to north, strong winds and pos
sibly lightning" has been only too well fulfilled
during the last two days of the past week and
part of yesterday. After the storm of the Goth
passed eastward the weather frightened up
considerably, and every one interested in
agricultural pursuits was confident that we
were at last to have an interval of fine weather
long enough to allow the farmers to take in and
weather cleared up on the 21st and remained
SO for twenty -four hours, when the falling bar
ometer reported on our west coasts indicated
that we were again about to have change. On
Friday rain commenced to fall, and toward
night it poured down in torrents. 1t continued
to fall with very little intermission during the
greater part of Saturday, and the downpour
became almost general throughout the King
dom.
RUIN IN ESSEX, SURREY AND KENT.
The results of this last rain storm have been
disastrous to the agricultural prospects in Essex,
Surrey, Kent and parts of Middlcsex counties.
The crops that were. left standing by the storm
of the Goth have been completely beaten down
and ruined. The hay that was cut and stacked
was destroyed account of the rain making
it not very rapidly. The land laid out for farm
ing purposes in the low-lying districts is so sub
merged that it cannot be worked until the water
subsidies. The numerous tributaries of the
Thames have overfowed their banks and
done a great deal of damage. Although the
weather became fine i'll the northern por-
tions of these islands yesterday it is still
very unsettled over France and westerly
breezes prevail. On the summit of the Puy
de Dome, one of the highest mountain peaks
in the central department of France, the wind
blew with the force of u strong gale from the
west, and the weather was foggy, with low
temperature.
NO PROSPECTS OF BETTER WEATHER.
In Western Norway the weather is dull,
rain is falling heavily in many places and
the winds are strong from the southwest. To
Judge from the reports of the Meteorological
Office this evening, the storm centre is not
moving very rapidly eastward, and it is
becoming more energetic every hour. The
barometric gradients are becoming steep
on our western coast aud gales
blowing in many places. The following
warning was sent to our west coasts and the
western part of the Channel:-"Barometcr fall
ING in the northwest; hoist south cone for
strong southwesterly gale" The Standard COM
ments in its financial article on the terrible
weather we have had to endure for spme time
past, and says that it is thought by many who
are competent to judge that the rain of last
week has been more disastrous to crops in some
districts than the heavy and long continued
downpours that took place earlier in the season.
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