( W/ @, R# s$ ~* P+ l! T3 p& i 8 v: V! r e5 z' p 4 T; U! k. c' ~. W0 L: cthank you for the news, ) C& y! A4 @7 R& w
i have some news from toronto too... ' @( q1 L. U5 g% N1 @ * Z7 E; _7 d) u1 j: _toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. ; T0 v3 H" C2 M; H6 f- m- Othese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. 6 b% [& g+ D& o1 b- j. X& y3 zhttp://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg / {8 p; v* U4 B" B: `- s) X6 N # }1 ` {' g4 U% G: d5 ghttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg, W5 I! q2 W$ S l/ ~) O4 i
2 A e& f& u& K*********************************************************** " p( G* L. a+ j; ~' A+ i8 |Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 0 A7 D9 ?! H& ^8 W2 m5 d! E6 vby: PAUL CHOI 7 y6 p6 I8 H+ c5 u) B7 k3 C- ^
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET ( Y" o( A, E2 U1 }3 d5 V # Y5 @( g( K1 f& Z" u2 z 1 D5 M& i0 v4 f2 XTORONTO (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. & ]/ g2 D" D- r* `3 E & w1 r ?3 ?- \( s, x+ g+ t; z* R6 ~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. & V" \2 D. @' T) K% Z0 h0 V- _" P/ l4 l; K* ~ M2 o
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. & l3 y# q; k1 z; Z$ B0 s- R" P ( ~6 p/ `( I! n0 r* q"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."+ j4 n4 k8 g+ K7 k# {+ {6 k" u5 |2 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. % U$ L$ z- x" ?% K / g" Y) i+ t8 b8 J4 nElsewhere 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. 5 r& O$ W3 B1 i7 X " N" s4 {6 B+ s$ m/ b% V- e"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."( g ` c! l8 l6 `
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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.! t Z! g4 G! z; z I+ Y
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.$ W+ y" b( T$ I' ~; L, \
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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." 1 A/ z/ v) a5 c ! _) J( l8 b R7 wFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.+ n: ?1 u! Q/ E3 B* G- P
. D) d8 o* e1 m" t4 l: Z; S; oThey 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. 0 `6 \- V8 w- x, ~ ; P; \) H+ Z4 D+ N+ s3 u"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"' a- X3 r; Z/ e( O. R; Y: c
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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.) W X2 O6 Z! [7 A3 Y
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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.5 F/ z4 ~9 b% i
" ]9 \4 j6 }3 d: d% f4 {4 R$ [2 p: ECoulson 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.3 W A3 t& l% E$ L
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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. 9 M2 w6 S/ Z% a9 u4 [1 P( m7 E- C: I% z8 a' U
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. $ I3 d+ x7 A) I
4 u. \5 r$ v% AThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 9 s9 ^1 s9 L. w+ n. t6 P' V
; E0 b6 U. J# G1 U! N9 CMeanwhile 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. 6 ^* q |7 I+ y, u. E$ a7 V
& A% o; e# z7 R4 S& a' ~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. $ c& `$ B0 s8 \: g1 l2 v x, g8 M9 o: h8 s" R4 L
But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. : A4 u% p& C1 s0 r) d) I$ M9 x5 J! s- t
"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. 6 C2 ?2 A4 _4 v3 A4 [4 M) y
8 q6 Y' j2 A( A0 H( ?7 |$ g"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. $ T5 B8 n( z' ?. E# ^, ^7 ~8 [8 S2 Y' q5 u) C( a! z
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