Downpour Damages Houses
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At Lautoka
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva. Feb. 2.
THE so-called Garden City of Lautoka was flooded, when torrential rains poured down at midnight on January 23.
Within a short time the sleeping
residents woke to find water entering their dwellings and street gutters and drains flooded. Water poured into buildings, damaging household property and store goods.
The main roads of Naviti Street and Vitogo Parade became rivers, and Nede Street had four feet of water flowing down it; all road metal was washed away.
It is estimated that at least £l,OOO worth of damage was done to streets and buildings.