標題: Suspected tornado tears through Ontario community [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-8-21 19:08 標題: Suspected tornado tears through Ontario community
Suspected tornado tears through Ontario community
GODERICH, Ont. — A severe storm some suspect may have involved a tornado struck the Ontario community of Goderich Sunday afternoon, causing widespread damage in the town centre.
Col. Morris Brause, commanding officer of the Essex-Kent Scottish regiment, was caught in the midst of the storm as he drove through Goderich, a community on Lake Huron, while hail, the size of golf balls, rained down.
He described the scene as chaotic. Roofs were torn off the tops of houses, trees were uprooted, windows in the business centre were blown out.
“The downtown has been completely devastated,” Brause said by telephone. “There’s no doubt in my mind this was a tornado. Goderich has been very badly hit.”
The Ontario Provincial Police is asking the public to stay away from the town as emergency crews attempt to respond to calls. Traffic is being detoured and police are not allowing motorists to enter the downtown area.
Witnesses to the storm have been posting their accounts on Facebook.
One witness said she was still shaking after the storm passed through her yard.
“Mass destruction. Goderich is completely shut down. I have no hydro but hear that houses are gone.”
Brause said the sky darkened very quickly as he drove on Highway 21, approaching the bridge that leads into Goderich’s downtown area. It began to hail so hard that it appeared as though the surroundings were being blanketed in a grey fog.
“We couldn’t drive,” he said, adding that cars had to stop at the side of the road because it was impossible to see.
“It was the worst kind of hailstorm,” he said, adding that it reminded him of a scene in the movie Twister. “People are shaking their heads in disbelief.”
Goderich is about 225 kilometres west of Toronto.作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-8-21 19:09
A tornado is suspected to have touched down in Goderich, Ont., at about 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, causing widespread damage in the town centre. Shown here is some of the damaged caused by the storm作者: Guy 時間: 2011-8-21 21:52
Speaking of tornado, I saw a tiny one at the off-ramp the knight street onto 99 highway to richmond.
50 ft tall of vertical debris were flying and circling in small circle.
