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thank you for the news, ! Q" p1 e$ {+ x7 o8 A
i have some news from toronto too...
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: B" V# @6 ?8 O3 K" Y% qtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
1 }* f' z% r) _0 Fthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_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.
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7 m9 ] I, L* `2 lResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado R2 ~; t8 ?+ R% z/ [
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.+ Y( n! C8 X9 ~1 j% H9 \
6 K6 [6 b2 Q- h3 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., S1 f- u+ J/ k- \- ~
$ }5 C4 i3 j5 k/ h) X/ l4 UIt 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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" N/ {6 F# n/ o" R+ H* Q4 E7 s"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."& u2 ^: k! a' G8 L% W0 |, \
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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. S. t) D8 U3 t+ r) ~+ \) i
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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.! z0 C) r g. G0 q/ g i
3 O. w8 x+ A9 g/ a"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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+ @8 Q& F% v7 f4 y/ [8 q' n9 b k: POn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.; F7 ^1 Z$ V; P+ x
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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4 U& t7 ^9 n! Z8 L ~"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.": {& H5 s4 P; \& C8 s
- r# K+ ` Y0 E a7 p/ I. R DFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.$ f5 L7 \4 b7 R( o$ ?6 C& 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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( B* i& L" S* n# c* w"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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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.4 o8 Q, {/ k. a5 y
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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.
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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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8 |- x1 S! u* C% U% |" LDue 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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+ P* f+ M7 R9 C8 G R4 N8 OThe 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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" Z8 {/ L3 A; E9 a5 s$ tDuring 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. 6 d- X# V" B1 Z+ q* I9 V
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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.
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6 y- f* u8 w; Q"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.7 X4 X( L, a. F2 o
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