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1 c( Y. A# \+ u8 Sthank you for the news, % k# U* h, U0 G; V
i have some news from toronto too...3 V5 L' X5 g! A$ E
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
1 S' \- T# X; E4 @these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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3 M- i) u7 O0 N% g8 Fhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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7 b5 \* d8 f/ G# ?' B6 K5 T9 m Wsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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5 p8 @) e4 a* w8 ^the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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+ ?5 N, H* z$ U( S* P. KResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado & r# k6 A4 `5 |, ?$ n
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1 c& S0 H! g2 U. R* }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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) Y* O! e$ P1 H4 d2 @4 i& P8 R1 n2 MThe 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." g; R: B8 _# a. K
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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.; J' s D+ P$ ]9 C3 ]# d
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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."3 _2 Q' o; n$ K$ l0 i3 ^
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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. B! i1 t( Q. {1 ]1 S6 D! G H
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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. l' z: u2 \ F7 K# _5 B, F
$ I- Q6 v: \5 ["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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3 ?8 V7 O1 S) \4 Z: |2 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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0 C O$ r( o# O U/ w9 k" E- x3 iAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.; @ Q& M0 M. ?7 S- b; t
( c Q3 j- w, k 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."4 \. H) i+ |7 L$ Y+ B/ ?( U4 m
9 H; K# f" c6 p( TFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.( ]# ~( T9 H$ Z: d' [0 ?. S
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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., Y. C" f- |. f, D* C! q
; y* J u- |) ]5 L( f8 a& m. o4 K2 N"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". n! D0 ^( Q/ k A2 G& l
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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.2 b4 e9 w9 j, S
; Y( I: S$ ?6 u& b$ `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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8 L4 v5 y& S$ M: zCoulson 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.6 [% D3 t J( H8 X6 B, ?
8 f7 J, X, x3 L0 z9 x L"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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" @& `2 s4 l3 h# f! BDue 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. ; z2 Z, z) h) P
, ?7 `9 A c: v" nThe 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. & D$ f4 b8 |# s- P+ T# i \
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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. 8 O0 s6 t4 i1 V! G; W: e
: s* C2 A: q* n" f/ HBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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9 Q* H- F! E( d"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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( |% J6 N- _/ Q" p( o"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.! J( X# [& i2 b% {* _5 o
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