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thank you for the news, 4 U9 q5 l0 C9 ~3 X" d7 U
i have some news from toronto too...' V" C$ d! k3 t& n, \
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.1 y! M( f) l, i7 c3 N1 T b
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.; I8 v9 @! C% a) t1 E6 \
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado; i4 L% J b1 B+ P
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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' l4 J6 l& e6 I/ fResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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6 T8 L) W( b& i4 H7 eSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET9 K& d7 a- `( r* D; b# w: Y/ U: g
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! Z1 f# b4 v# r/ T3 @) ]% TTORONTO (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.
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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) T! |$ p& z, b) t( z* ~/ R
9 F, Q0 [4 K3 c8 O6 j! PIt 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.
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"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."
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! Y3 |6 j: U0 |% I' VA 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.* o9 r3 n! E, `$ T2 J9 \
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Elsewhere 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.
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, C- Z: [; X7 Q2 C+ i9 X( i"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."* m( k/ D' `$ q
+ j: S- }5 ?4 P! `On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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+ m) M! `/ H1 C$ f3 z* D"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."
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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.
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( ~! l7 U7 P$ _3 N, }5 jThey 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.0 |3 t0 H" G+ T
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 |; i+ @: @! H6 I" N7 O
2 K; G* N! \- tOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.
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6 q& R. R0 w- x# B5 G1 H ?0 |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.
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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.
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"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.0 [3 Z m) w7 e" v. r8 O
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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.
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4 x5 d# |3 r5 ~' X4 ZMeanwhile 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. 2 X# }- I& b: G$ {
% B8 O4 Y% F2 e) {" VDuring 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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. # U, E) W4 O( P9 m) q% }3 f
' c1 ~: _" d6 V5 @) H, L"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. . w6 h- X3 F& ^+ Q, B7 a1 E
5 k/ W3 Q: f1 N"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.
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