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- |0 {) H) U: Mthank you for the news,
1 H; f' j6 f% bi have some news from toronto too...
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$ i# ?1 [" a( g% Ztoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.2 p" g4 ^* J6 D- N
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.* ^+ }0 Y% f* G) ^* ]
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) B+ g: N( I9 f5 Ehttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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$ P+ Z0 z. i3 z) _" ]+ hsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado# G. I- e3 B2 ]0 K. q+ P
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.. d/ {8 `8 L3 M) [
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6 x8 t/ Y! D1 H3 v$ W4 A- ` d4 KResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado * d" }0 |$ u ]: i$ d( Q& k
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! r# {1 t& k$ tTORONTO (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.' g$ Z# W% j; [, |) R8 u
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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.
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- l% c$ N4 o; _% Q& m% H q4 ^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.4 T% C/ m. i# V9 H* U
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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."
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: y+ A) o+ I2 |* h2 _9 n/ XA 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.7 L+ f3 L9 ]3 v+ c8 g; D. K0 |
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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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* j ]% n9 @# NOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.& \' J% m# R% ?, {4 Y0 Q
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.5 w! K l- v" p* f' n' ^7 O
& L9 z% N+ B5 @( f& A& w. A4 Q"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."' W/ q% u8 G5 P @0 g
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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.
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j' c) q9 w) i9 r0 m8 s- lThey 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.9 |1 W o1 T6 H* o& q. R0 g; X
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"/ l0 x7 o+ \/ t
) j' Y# q% Q8 K1 c8 [! lOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.% l* B8 U$ g' u" u4 n, U
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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.* M, k5 K& Y7 g- A
" k; D8 [" `4 [ D, [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.! i }. f4 ]& O$ Q
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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.1 ~, G+ a q' d" d
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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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: I. Q l2 x$ F8 ]& Q/ hThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 1 K# ?6 w* H6 o( i7 m
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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.
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: s4 v. F- v+ |0 }1 @3 N aBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 5 M: z E/ a% k* Y0 G4 _
% O9 w7 e) r2 G0 d* b$ k3 G( I"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.4 K, H8 K' w! c5 g/ h* [. q: S
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