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' A O1 v4 P( E5 B) p* n: @; Lthank you for the news, 2 q; Z( A, N6 [' N
i have some news from toronto too...
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% S, h6 i; \7 g# U* h; R, jtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.( A( ?6 ]9 G% w4 f ~( z0 ?
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.2 A( ~2 D; s n1 \
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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! O2 S* E8 s9 C4 Isouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado$ T% W4 F6 W2 Y9 P9 Y
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4 J" m {$ \8 s" {the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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- H l0 R* H1 O! ZResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ) j7 @# r/ x0 M4 Q' C" n+ ^
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.2 `! `6 V$ w/ T( E: s
k `9 ^4 _" [4 s/ dIt 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." c3 v6 V; C8 Q* J4 ]% n
) C1 ~4 O/ H, z' P, X, I"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 a' n1 @5 ~ p3 L# xA 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.* C* L5 T: ^8 C: m& s% s8 R
7 `! @- P; {3 v& uElsewhere 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.( ]! K) P$ t, u
, F- g, I# J- @1 Q"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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4 c# Q9 o( J7 R4 S* s) KOn 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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/ s; W4 r6 G1 t4 Z+ _" a3 o3 I: _Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.& U( y* J' |. I$ O
4 A0 z0 I. P1 L1 {- R2 m6 M"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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1 I4 F+ t/ C M5 v1 ZFergus 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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* c5 a" v! J7 q% j4 A3 g* |. W; FThey 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.3 S0 g# ?. S5 T9 [6 y6 N3 P
9 ?& S& B- w/ {, n f1 t* V% i"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"( W, w" Z0 W. `* \. Y4 u% ~
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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.4 z# l" j$ [9 k& l
0 N6 G8 ~+ Z# }$ \' g+ e7 _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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7 u0 y0 _$ g( E# r- Y0 t( s1 I/ I6 [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., d2 ~. w8 o. k( Q
2 j6 L. P# g4 R, x$ O/ yDue 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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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' N$ t, O! H+ b c. uMeanwhile 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. . k& Z# N) b$ o7 g! Q1 C: M. q
2 W2 h9 ]1 P4 Q& [7 _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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' ? N1 y1 H. iBut 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.
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"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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