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thank you for the news,
* w' x! F8 e1 Mi have some news from toronto too...
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: Z$ s1 x# T! @% Otoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
; ?4 i2 ^7 V* V5 ` }9 u2 g: uthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.% \) E" H) W# z# D! a
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_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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9 I/ U( q2 u0 r: D0 ?' J0 b! D9 Msouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- `: Y+ A1 K8 ~4 `. f C4 qthe 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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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.% ]/ ]9 Y9 r6 \0 [9 D# e2 o
' f6 H* G4 Q& a; H7 Y$ TThe 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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% N! {9 e, ?* o2 A! pIt 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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/ ^% \* F ?% X! F0 e"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."$ j! L) p+ }+ C+ r, u
* v4 H$ B! a8 fA 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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' `8 S( {/ D( n& yElsewhere 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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"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."6 b( A) P& z( \' b! k5 T
9 |) L f# a2 B7 A) I/ D0 M) ^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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9 g' l2 f- M3 _4 x _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.": Z2 l- b+ W+ j$ d2 x
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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.8 [: x9 u' ~7 f1 J% I
- C# r* _- C7 p" F3 E% R r; qThey 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.2 J3 C1 u4 q, b$ ~: m$ H
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"$ H- Z6 d6 A4 R# T% q3 ?" s
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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.! q6 G8 B6 M1 N* r
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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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) Z) g. G, \) ?/ I9 mCoulson 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.: g* w5 U; q! c$ v6 E# t4 ?
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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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+ _3 ?4 q, v' M7 u) gDue 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. 2 O. F# j, a2 V* K
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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. 4 z; q/ p* q: a/ M
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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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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. 7 e- W. {. W- ?0 M* H/ l( k4 O# u
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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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