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thank you for the news, 3 f: n" d* b5 h, e# A' N, E) ~
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
" Z1 W% e) C- lthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.. E0 L) y4 v2 B- @- q" a4 W
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% i' H& ]% g, e# ~9 B4 e
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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
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.) Y' E2 @0 v) Q8 {* @
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% L" h! M/ t$ N; n+ Y6 m* EResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado & [6 r4 E6 ?- K/ T7 U
by: PAUL CHOI
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0 y0 ^: ]' }% t CTORONTO (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.% {1 b3 b* E1 _/ r& o7 m2 J
+ U! ~5 o; X6 ] a% IIt 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." i8 [6 ~! z) k% R
; G% W! N, d+ ^, s5 _8 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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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.9 z, r% B/ S' m! I2 D
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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.". T. F A1 |: \# `
2 u9 E. h* f/ C: N3 a' M$ f. Y* yOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand. O) s4 [8 \# c
7 D* j$ I0 g2 y8 NAmidst 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."( p r: t* J" D7 u. F0 n, }
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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.( K3 v l. P9 H5 J' F/ O' _% B
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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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"" l5 C& _2 q% [. A E. Y
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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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& ^, \- j4 x5 s2 i" B1 gAided 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.7 P: z$ N" C5 k
) b& J( u9 D# z6 H7 WCoulson 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.0 f0 X: g. D9 e: a+ ?
N& m, c' c0 E1 f"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.- f" D" k# r. O
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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. + Y2 l' D3 U% }# b' K
% S) T/ |( m0 w* P8 \The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 0 ?0 N" a; S3 X+ E$ L7 s3 J% }
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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. 0 Q( ~) |% C2 d
: L+ \9 P$ P1 x: G: xDuring 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. 1 D; h7 N* V7 x {. N
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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. 9 H, \' s+ Q l! }( _
7 C+ c5 B- h" G5 @/ Z"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.6 Z9 J7 m5 ^- n' I
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