23 APRIL 1870, Page 2

A storm broke over Buenos Ayres on March 9, the

accOunts of which tax the credulity even of men accustomed to the tropics. We can believe anything of wind and anything of "flood," that is, of water collected in masses and driven by the wind ; but the

• Buenos Ayres Standard affirms that between 4 p.m.- and 10 p.m. .5. Mingbetti, formerly Italian Minister of Finance, sends to the the rain-fall was so tremendous that the water in the lower rooms -rose three feet, and human beings horses and were swept away in the streets. The great "Plaza" became a navigable lake, and the Roars of many houses gave way. There is no hint of any -waterspout. Yet surely one must have burst over the town. The fall of some forty or fifty inches of rain in six hours is almost incredible.