2011年12月25日 - 冰雹 - 澳洲墨爾本
2011-12-24
聖誕狂野天氣可能值數百萬 - 墨爾本受大冰雹打擊
Christmas wild weather could cost millions - Melbourne hit by large hailstones
by: By Mark Buttler and Angus Thompson
From: Herald Sun
December 26, 2011 12:00AM
Translation by Autumnson Blog
STORMS pelted Victorians with hailstones as big as billiard balls during a wild Christmas Day barrage.
在聖誕節的一次狂野攻擊，風暴向維多利亞人投擲大如桌球的冰雹。
The damage bill could run into tens of millions of dollars after hundreds of cars were bombarded, windows in homes and businesses were smashed and roofing was torn away.
在數以百計的車輛被轟炸、家庭和商鋪的窗口被砸壞和屋頂被扯走後，損失帳單可能會達到數千萬美元。
The State Emergency Service was called to more than 2500 jobs when a series of storm cells intensified dramatically in Melbourne in the afternoon.
當一系列的風暴細胞下午在墨爾本急劇地加大，國家緊急服務被急召超過 2,500件工作。
The worst was a tornado that hit Fiskville, near Bacchus Marsh, west of Melbourne.
最糟糕的是一個龍捲風襲擊墨爾本以西近巴克斯馬什的Fiskville。
Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for many parts of Victoria throughout the afternoon and evening, but the weather was expected to improve ahead of today's Boxing Day Test at the MCG.
整個下午和傍晚嚴重的雷暴警告在維多利亞州的許多地方發出，但天氣預計在今天的拆禮物日測試之前在MCG改善。
Early this morning, a severe weather warning remained current for parts of southern New South Wales, including Orange, Dubbo, Parkes, Griffith, Broken Hill and Brewarrina.
Around Melbourne yesterday, most calls to the SES were from Keilor Park, Keilor Downs and Taylors Lakes. Parts of Eltham and Greensborough were hit more than once and planes were grounded at Melbourne Airport.
Lightning hit the 3AW transmission tower, knocking out its analogue signal and putting it off air to most listeners.
About 77 passengers on a flight out of Darwin spent almost four hours at Sale airport after Qantas decided it was unsafe to fly into Melbourne.
Metro warned commuters to expect major train delays, with most lines disrupted, and advised passengers to defer non-essential travel.
The storm blacked out more than 5000 homes in Port Melbourne, Ballarat, Armadale, Toorak and South Melbourne as families sat down to Christmas dinner.
A family in Apollo Rd, Taylors Lakes, had nine cars damaged and roof tiles and outdoor lights broken when the storm hit about 3.30pm.
Robyn Sullivan said the hailstones had been almost as big as tennis balls.
"It was like a roar as it came through," she said. "I've never heard anything like it."
Jim Egan was at the house for Christmas lunch when his car was pelted with hailstones.
"I had nine holes in the back window," he said. "One had come through the window, bounced around the car, and it was lodged between the console and the front windscreen."
A couple in Montmorency arrived home from Christmas lunch to find almost a metre of water running through their garage.
Michel Long said his Mercedes-Benz, caravan, bikes and other items were damaged.
"It's come in through the back of the garage from the next street and it's pushed the caravan through the door of the garage and there's debris everywhere ... the car has damage on the side of it where it's pushed a big cupboard out of the garage" Mr Long said.
"I estimate it's probably $25-30,000 damage."
SES spokesman Lachlan Quick said hundreds of volunteers had made big sacrifices to help residents.
"It's a pretty remarkable effort to drag yourself away from your turkey," he said.
- with Michelle Ainsworth
http://www.news.com.au/national/christmas-wild-weather-could-cost-millions/story-e6frfkvr-1226230231119
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