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+ n' [5 w x: h; A5 ]0 Mthank you for the news, ( l! ?! [+ w3 t7 i
i have some news from toronto too...
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. r- ^+ [. @5 ^+ Jtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: @+ t* T8 `; |! E* ]
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.5 K; U: v, C7 l( q
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg0 z$ k) `, O: w( g$ j6 X; d, a& t
9 l$ o& ?3 s% Uhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg+ w- X; I w2 i4 `' ^: N3 S# B. P
9 a. P$ D' I/ \& ]6 r4 L; shttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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; R+ \3 ^: H% X9 }http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado% i% W( C1 b2 j/ q# a6 X; S# n
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' ]8 g" p0 p [& A2 F4 ythe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.- D. U+ h2 G# [, Y; W
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( Z8 d! }; f; h2 kResidents 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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5 j& c, M! c8 P8 C7 S ^- V. vThe 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.$ O8 V7 a3 P R+ q& I% z: O( s* w5 ~. \
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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.) O$ Q% Z. a) G/ Y3 } h
% Q- z, {9 P4 P9 b6 q2 A"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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1 c9 h% {4 a# s x2 M1 q7 _A 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.
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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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" H; g+ N. ~* q& W0 a"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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- t9 h: |( {* @/ |3 \6 W/ T$ _- DOn 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. \" |' l$ P$ h+ @' w0 }+ M
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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."- R. ~. a; y. E. E! h7 a
7 ?* q% _. @1 ~- g8 U4 UFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window., m" e* d6 r& ~# \0 ]. C
/ F( {# t( ^# s1 C4 @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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; S" i6 E, }- @' }"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?", g/ F7 G) _- o9 w6 u6 @2 d: `
( ]$ ~* u+ u/ S' D7 a2 nOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.0 E" m& S* k1 E/ h* O0 U# a
, Y+ w Y+ }7 aAided 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.8 J! d, M* h: c, w( \ B8 N; c, d+ x* h
% N! v+ L' _) H; g" m! E& SCoulson 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.4 i; E* x5 t& M
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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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) A0 I) o) s# O# GThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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8 {2 Y6 r) }# \' IMeanwhile 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. & f4 C8 j U6 B; j$ H/ Z
8 \* R s( z2 P5 |) FDuring 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. " T# n6 t+ H; f- C8 ^# [
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But 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. . e% R, O! [' _% `2 h
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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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