|
- 帖子
- 6547
- 精華
- 0
- 威望
- 188
- 魅力
- 0
- 讚好
- 0
|
2#
發表於 2005-8-21 08:10 AM
| 只看該作者
; W9 \. T8 _1 D1 T& ?) S/ h
) n" u/ O* h& z" L
* h t2 A. N7 d% i. [- o4 mthank you for the news, 4 ^# b0 v' }3 E; H: ]4 r$ U7 X
i have some news from toronto too...
0 ~$ [0 T; x( w) E4 u( `! D2 x# U& C6 {9 ^3 t# M
toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
& ^' c5 x( z; L3 ethese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.5 k0 N9 ]* o8 z, d
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
1 d9 H7 G! W6 E: X& [* T- }$ C/ {, o5 H- d
http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
6 Z3 [& [* u. T8 X3 i; e
: k" u* _0 F5 ^http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
- W# U5 N0 a( V$ g0 @/ K
, s; n# o. g; f4 ]. ], t6 [http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
_ T/ l" }1 W7 P# ~' W9 I
J p; t/ ~( C# zsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado0 ?( @1 i% a G0 t) [0 i d+ T
% t( {. ^! T+ K9 X0 P/ v4 ^
,
: E, h% n" k% _- w* }& K. B" B- B9 w3 P
the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
7 \2 }8 m/ `+ s, e' P- a8 f' ^0 l5 H. @1 [
% b4 p) y; N8 ^( S5 O2 m9 Y
***********************************************************+ ?; H- @: Z$ }: g4 k% ~0 Z
Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ( W. b) }. }0 n ]7 S
by: PAUL CHOI
% u: Z7 J1 A/ u- Y7 T6 x# p+ H1 fSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET# f- e" f' L! p2 {& Z5 A
5 l6 E% e! h9 l& B
: X6 ]+ ]+ t; j: l5 V
TORONTO (CP) - Residents of southwestern Ontario were picking up the pieces Saturday, and in some cases waiting for the power to be turned on, after a tornado touched down during a stampede of fierce storms a day earlier.
' a: M9 e; R8 D( q! ~0 r3 `/ n3 u# L: Y! H1 I9 `
The severe weather, which developed due to humid and unstable air, began in Milverton, Ont., Friday afternoon and quickly gained steam as it moved east towards Fergus, a community near Conestoga Lake.
0 \. m/ ? I' `2 m$ i" e* p
) L5 G! }! m7 Q$ xIt was here, officials said, where the storm spawned a full-fledged twister close to 300 metres wide that chewed off tree limbs, downed power lines, tossed cars into ditches, and ripped into several homes and barns.6 d( g8 W6 A$ w! W l
" R9 ~8 u2 K( e' I2 I( h9 r
"We've confirmed at this location a Fujita scale F2 tornado occurred, with winds between 180 to 240 kilometres an hour," said Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson on Saturday. "That's confirmed with the damage that we've witnessed."
, _4 K2 n3 ^5 r8 o0 a9 |) g# O/ @
A two-storey home in the area had its roof torn clean off and a barn behind the home was levelled to its foundation, Coulson said, all damage consistent with a severe tornado.
8 |- f; W6 B7 P$ ]+ e* z; b1 ?
5 p2 }; E5 p b0 l9 \) OElsewhere on a nearby highway, a wooden plank was driven into the windshield of a vehicle, another sign of extensive impact damage typically associated with a twister.
& O' S$ O* U+ e$ n+ n9 a, v" c3 Y1 D9 q$ ]; J/ S7 e6 l
"A tell-tale sign it was tornadic as opposed to just strong winds was the fact there's (mud) splatter on more than one side of a house," he said. "If it had been one wind gust there would be one side with the splatter."% A5 s" f. x) T% q& J' n
9 N& e. T4 F' f, y
On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.
. F& W8 E. l7 d4 M0 ^
; Q t% y9 T% P, t* m# [Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.# E% O2 G7 p3 h2 |# g
$ ^ d1 X( R- S8 F: b; A
"That's pretty amazing given the damage we're seeing here," Coulson said. "(Many) did exactly the right thing. They got into the basement and waited the storm out down there."
$ p3 r5 L9 y! h2 T1 B
2 l) I+ j$ [* Q: y4 S0 dFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.$ } Y# ^+ k' u5 I5 T
& v& g9 W8 l2 E6 ]5 @They hunkered down in the furnace room and emerged to find the roof of their home had been partially ripped off and a wall was destroyed. E- m+ z; v% \# y
' D; c$ p" [, k0 W"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"- T, b$ _; r; O9 S" @% m4 l
T0 Q7 m6 }/ d* x; B; L
Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.' Z* |" \) {+ V: j0 S
( J% M5 U% i% o* X6 q" [Aided by an Ontario Provincial Police helicopter, Environment Canada investigators conducted full aerial surveys of the Milverton area, where the storm began, and areas further east.4 r2 I ?' y v( D! ^4 l( G
% P* A! |' d: ?. P; E
Coulson said officials reported what appeared to be a one-kilometre wide swath of tree damage near Conestoga Lake. They were looking into whether it was the work of a twister.
6 ~: y3 p- Y( D J3 b
' D! t: \( R( h. q"The big thing for us is going to be to try to link up these different reports to see if it was in fact one long-lived tornado on the ground or a series of tornadoes," he said.! ?) g+ I1 S, ^1 X' a
1 \5 t$ V m. D
Due to the storm, nearly 4,400 people were left without power in Fergus and its surrounding areas on Saturday, said Hydro One spokeswoman Kathleen Welsh. & L1 e4 S9 a3 F$ P
3 h# f4 ^, H3 T: F9 }4 r" m' V( r- zThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
5 `6 o6 `2 x0 b' }
" |3 x* ]; {( t8 ^Meanwhile in Toronto, crews were cleaning up from the localized flash flooding that had paralyzed much of the city's main roadways and transit routes, drowning vehicles and leaving motorists knee-deep in water. In one extreme case, flood waters managed to wash away an entire section of road.
* @1 _3 L5 v$ Z4 D: f' g1 R+ I- Y% [. M- r3 K$ W% b1 m
During the height of the storm, around the time of the afternoon commute home, officials say the city received over 1,700 calls to emergency services. $ _( W5 e- i! D# \# N) I
$ _# Q& G" n; [9 K: c, tBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
& Y' m( H; R* x, D+ x) N% j
. ?& i0 B+ p( z8 g"The city's emergency services and the staff that manage our water, transportation, hydro and forests did a fantastic job of keeping the public safe and protecting the assets of the city," said Toronto Mayor David Miller in a statement.
/ a; V) `- y1 t- {4 d( p. B
. I& \2 |5 K+ i9 Y' ?; l"Emergency services personnel were involved in a number of rescues, evacuations and emergency pumping operations and their work prevented serious injuries or death," he said.
; e" U" G* o+ u- N `( F# o* [ o9 H% @. A/ r
******************************************************************** |
|
