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9 E2 ^2 ~, s# g+ |7 m- b! Wthank you for the news,
; `( _! ` S! ?% Z9 T) |: `. {i have some news from toronto too...
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; `$ h& X2 C1 @" W! `toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
- m; |" |% U7 a2 M3 M; uthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.5 B- E, t% u1 E9 o$ B1 F8 Y$ _
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+ S- o# R C/ y1 I. O2 g# y) X( \& shttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg! v: ]0 o1 c2 A- @4 ~3 k" k: U
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado& f$ k$ k, B7 J' J; F* V
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% C0 _1 e+ ]) h8 K+ }: w( Wthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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." R0 ?' c+ N2 K8 X! H- i7 \/ M1 k
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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.
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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.
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! I7 H4 W3 f! Z+ K7 Q7 g- X"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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; f" n2 p! m5 p ?9 bA 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.. ]( ^' o; u% z
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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.$ J3 p- F6 s+ C5 x
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"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."8 ^3 H3 W ]) ^" ?% `
) u- P4 ^% G' A0 Y; q7 H7 ~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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- w+ P$ [( e, D4 iAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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"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."2 O r8 C% o6 X8 v6 U$ {* @
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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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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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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! S' @/ z' a% ZOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. o8 g$ g: K x: K" C6 d
( S' G4 G" X* J# |# KAided 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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. v2 G/ Q* n/ Y* A: qCoulson 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., c; H f/ Q( }+ h
4 f/ s. M* E+ ]"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.
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) b* F7 C2 z1 G, q2 g. x7 SDue 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. # y2 ~% T) o7 v& N* X0 q {3 L
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. * A2 I: ^2 `9 S9 a
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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.
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. |+ i" w9 T) w& @; F: J7 JBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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"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. ! O3 G' U4 }# r: i
2 O; r- w$ T$ C9 x- p6 @" R"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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