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; }1 I% v$ |& A. i, G. _5 g; \thank you for the news,
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.% u+ ^4 C$ E' f* }! E H# C7 x# E* S! H
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.9 h/ X3 x, `9 e8 h! R3 E
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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& }. a" S D6 Y& `' |: Wsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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' B- U# }0 H4 L# k* Q7 v: gthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.: y* Z) B+ D6 y
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9 z- X# Z% o8 h1 ^Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET; S0 `* ?6 i& E' A* u9 }+ Y0 x" F
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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.: e* T5 p& t+ `
- U& G6 c& q9 @1 @2 H5 C! O% f5 AThe 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.# @5 M1 U, u; Z2 i( S6 ?) a
* e, G$ C6 {$ f. M/ NIt 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."* D& \$ b$ h- q6 l$ U
9 ]) \0 {4 }0 ^, mA 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.( R, |0 M& c: a6 N/ f) e: u/ n
- x2 G# o' l" M! H* ~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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"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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# `$ k( v* j3 f, ?+ GOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.$ l# e! ?" V% C
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.9 \; i* p* o& a2 u, o/ {
; O$ l, e! Y' w- \5 e"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."9 c8 M s* D1 u) C! }; W
+ M! U2 u( c D1 M8 WFergus 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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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.+ s! Z/ E( L* O! C' u( l
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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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+ R3 B9 z: l/ s" Y7 qAided 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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( V0 f" B1 E# i1 |4 RCoulson 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.$ R0 Q% ?( j! [8 V& u
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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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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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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. 6 y6 r: `- E" t- I7 x
% V3 D& ?! D; G! p% O5 T% lBut 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. / C! q" m4 `' e* M
. s. |' D. p) q2 r"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. Z: X( E" X; z7 k9 u( S
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