|
- 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
7 B8 [) x; w9 H& c G* N6 o* t' @
2 ^3 J& k7 b6 I; U) |
5 R. J; V! t4 i* T" }6 Xthank you for the news, 9 @6 b( q3 Q, D5 V5 @
i have some news from toronto too...
; H% e# R- q4 o- V/ y0 v. a
) w: b2 N r0 ?" h" a( L9 Ltoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.4 ?9 f, z( K* @' E% g$ g; y
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.: z, B! e! n; m! b' j
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg) N. V% Z8 C5 n3 O7 C$ p" B
g+ @- R' D7 g$ _http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
" G' S% w3 A; v; K: g4 E7 F
2 d$ P1 o* n6 z& I* \http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
4 T5 K9 L$ }: `8 l1 X
% R- S! [: Y7 Z6 h( B( [http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg2 w9 L# _% X" h) S
7 b; \$ J7 m3 V! g
southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
, E+ r" T# h) f, p" C/ w4 k; e8 v$ T. _! z2 g- y5 y
,
8 J; K0 ^# p5 n- z7 o# ?* k7 t4 P j$ c# v% |3 \1 k# G! j& a
the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
! m' l9 \; S, c& M3 ?& a8 a
& W3 ?9 }( ?+ r+ v3 I& p7 e7 M6 H5 v+ \8 k. g( }
*********************************************************** Q. k A4 D0 x! D& }: n: `& n) p8 F
Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado : d% H# `% [& `5 P* l9 T
by: PAUL CHOI
$ r; W! C* c9 I7 V7 bSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET+ M/ n q! P9 G) i3 M1 r
, m4 V" u' I0 r$ P( r, y3 j
# w/ k& {9 C4 D1 H; q, |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.- J3 ?3 x# s" a8 {7 V+ m: w, i
8 P" p4 u& X6 h/ [; Z
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.! s% y9 g8 \" | |* \
3 u; h# `" X$ C; \# W9 ]It 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.: _! j* d& U8 D
0 u; v- ?- x! X3 \: ~ j1 J6 U
"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."
, N, O: H. i# p8 P. F8 g8 {
2 I3 @2 G: @- [. _% s. M6 t hA 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.
& ~6 v2 e m5 i6 C* |5 B
1 R* ~, p# Z+ Y, E: RElsewhere 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.
9 C6 m T9 Z0 k0 N: c! }( a( g6 \- N; o
"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."
* u' B1 p7 l% [; c# Z, l0 a0 r1 P, X' g, e
On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.5 j# x+ m8 m8 e' U) v
- l8 C" @; F0 t. Z# D5 YAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.% w* f2 a- V! x5 J e! z p
& [% G H& @. Q# E7 f' x! S# j+ X"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."
3 D Y' }$ X" f4 U' h6 e- A0 C& d4 I! \$ ~# ]
Fergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.9 `5 V, ?& V# W3 D
g5 f# I6 z1 [- I, z: LThey 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.
t7 I+ L q# ]6 D$ m: t0 }) x# @) }% f7 B1 w/ _1 f
"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
" N1 G5 L& u: e! N
' l. Y3 B ^( W- x4 V4 \Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.
0 z s% I* e" S6 Z3 i
( D: j7 Z4 C: z' {4 \. W4 U% pAided 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.) }8 N+ e. B7 o3 C' O
# F/ i) }$ E: g+ x" ^: y1 {
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.
1 n5 c4 L- {# v8 o8 r( b
5 L0 n7 U6 G" a. L) N( I; H"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.# D8 q) r) O' g
& ^/ B4 W1 o/ \% x% b) e5 `
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. - ~$ `0 Z9 N" u3 c4 h4 c
( y2 ^# }" P" {1 f8 }, @: t" }5 V5 lThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 7 x! w+ ?, r2 R3 G3 Y5 T+ ^
, r. H$ d# c$ V: A/ ?- D6 f! OMeanwhile 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. & P+ _; @/ q! [4 x7 x& _* u/ z
+ c6 y. s# B( X0 q- d( q
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. # i( V b8 D9 M5 I( m% ~+ |
# @9 f0 ^6 N4 V1 v, g8 M
But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
; T8 T6 ^: @" D/ X) T! Y
" a) p. P" P7 p"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. " x# Z O9 l' x
. n# ~' L; O/ ?$ z& ~" u
"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.
, ]4 m8 _8 W3 C0 y2 O9 Z g% \% X0 R
******************************************************************** |
|
