Marshalls
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Heavy Rains In The
From a Special Correspondent.
Jaluit, Aug. 18.
THE rainfall in the Marshall Islands has been heavy in recent months —but no floods can occur in these coralline islands, save from a typhoon or a tidal wave.
Although the excessive rainfall has not caused floods, those who depend for a livelihood on copra production have been seriously embarrassed because of the difficulty of drying the copra. Those who heeded official advice in past years, and constructed houses for drying copra by artificial heat, are now reaping the benefit of their foresight.