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thank you for the news,
! Q5 e; U3 o) l* y$ [% pi have some news from toronto too...
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# k3 I) Y. T: ftoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
2 k+ Y/ G7 V" s) Kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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+ j7 I4 ?) t' c8 C" hhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado7 H5 ]* W/ u' Q, N2 ~% d+ ?5 D z
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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5 `) Q, Q- [& cResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.
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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.! n. F$ R+ h2 r$ f
: E1 Y) A* h" a; B1 r; K$ s7 iIt 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.5 \4 ~" e Q$ }# @
: S4 D2 C0 _/ ~! x2 ?; y" z"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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/ }6 I+ C6 Y& Q3 aA 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., \! {2 A( j+ D. Q6 K( e! f% V9 c2 X
# [; X3 a# [0 J5 w bElsewhere 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.2 F0 W* C8 I; v& w
3 X/ P/ p* [$ h! j: `) _"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."! l5 _9 r3 R! v9 _8 p; f& z3 N* l
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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./ q! H- X3 Q' p, A/ O) ~' V' V
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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."7 f+ O1 @3 x, T. T; r, }0 z3 s. i
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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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: b1 i+ F% L: y3 z+ C+ B; _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.$ l4 W+ n" }5 s. L/ w5 `: E6 g
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"0 G/ W8 O3 E- h2 V0 t: D6 x
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Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.- l, c9 M3 N* {
) c j- v+ m' }9 D0 ~/ O$ W$ {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.( Y: @) ~# t1 W
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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.( m/ _! O. k* ~) W+ t4 B8 d
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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.
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; e2 G' y$ b, h; J3 IDue 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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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. ( a% L( }! [. U' P6 C4 m3 O/ b
5 j1 R; e( \1 _& {1 c7 mDuring 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. ; V0 D4 T- l6 E$ P0 ?
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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! R& U" i" Z6 ^; i- o y"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.
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