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; j0 S' t* C1 ?' qthank you for the news,
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& C0 q& U# T6 k4 j7 A" a) o) etoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.2 o7 s7 m( j2 P# u7 n! D+ z
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday./ D7 L) b# N/ l' p4 V m9 p' w; B* C
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg. \5 H, y8 _( z: h/ A# a, @$ b
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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& f1 p4 F! F$ F4 ?9 f( U4 z
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/ u& b9 M8 J4 L L: A& Q, Hthe 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 3 M Z8 _1 Q3 W3 o1 y: m3 t
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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! i5 @+ Y8 D9 u; a3 @' L$ D) Q5 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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W4 f4 \& r5 c/ f" r) ~# 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.7 Z+ e2 Q8 {0 a3 g3 }
, B/ |1 K* ~7 D& R* rIt 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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# c) R+ V0 t# t3 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."+ o0 h3 W+ H7 d) X7 T: @4 K- _
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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./ d/ A* s# `0 M( I, g0 k5 H4 Y
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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.8 N8 N& ]# {( ]' \8 Y
$ G% J' x p' m7 l# t' g+ b. o"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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! m, i1 z" V) ]0 N! ?8 EOn 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." Q. h' X- _ p4 ^8 Q# K
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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."
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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.! ?" i; O, C; }! |# l( {- t' i
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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?"+ ?/ m3 [& `& M* p7 p! M: D$ e
' O' k: J' Q T" ~Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.( e/ x! k5 S0 w3 s0 C
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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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" ?& s! J Q3 _Coulson 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.8 `6 K f9 i3 A5 r3 U
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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./ ?3 m ]- d: X7 M" A' G. K
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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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" y3 \1 }4 m# p( N+ H1 UMeanwhile 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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& o7 }5 x0 ?3 v, v8 @- w) {" n# zDuring 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. % S4 Y% ] i$ }" v) p2 t
) R$ }* [# K7 J% mBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. , G6 |' Y7 `; f7 j" {1 o7 } n; ]
1 ?2 }# `: B2 n/ h! I2 ]"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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"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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