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2 i! I, x$ l" O8 _' L, S$ \) b& gthank you for the news, s s2 X0 X% m4 O4 T0 Y
i have some news from toronto too...! i7 Z. o+ ~+ v
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
2 l3 f' ]# q7 ?. M2 Q. kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday., w3 \- S4 O. F$ a& b" p P
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http://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 tornado' y, `. ~. |1 L% y2 m/ d
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" E) ?% L9 ]( t1 Z; Jthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.3 E0 W# j. [1 ?+ _& {
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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 ET6 X5 X- T7 U9 i% t4 R1 e7 i) {4 r' M
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$ T# l- e1 X; A/ uTORONTO (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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$ V; W' I: ~4 U) j- }* n- t& wThe 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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0 F& U/ ?; y- k9 ?9 _& hIt 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."# V% N/ u0 k$ w& {1 r& t- O
, l/ d, P; K/ 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.6 \) i J( Y$ `$ A; M0 z. N1 j% u
; f- }, D) x- y! ~2 ?( ZElsewhere 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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3 l% l( O2 |) t6 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."
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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., A( l6 M1 Y! j8 s; Q
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Amidst 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."
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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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: R' F. n1 I- k( d2 AThey 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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Officials 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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# X- `; V: p* H q4 N9 S$ w, }: w' v( [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" t5 i: G0 ^8 ^
, g3 V1 F) g5 W1 { s1 ^* GCoulson 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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9 P, L9 q% o/ X+ A* H. e( A"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.5 |; \ L9 J$ H3 {" H9 t
# V e. R' W2 ]9 D( p' oDue 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. $ ]6 W; B1 p2 D% J2 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.
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2 t7 C- v U+ o1 B& P0 t k, 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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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; @. {; U7 M5 t+ w* Z"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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4 P. L% Z3 v6 j"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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