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Originally posted by 1st過七萬!!! at 8/20/2005 17:32:
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  d1 L$ w( Q7 Y6 O3 othank you for the news, 4 @6 S# U/ I( \5 o
i have some news from toronto too...
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6 v* x' {; `: i/ u; p6 Ktoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday.  Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.* ~$ I; e% c% ?. C2 y' y
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8 N+ w9 d5 O: F) Y/ L2 Lsouthwestern 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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. H, d" D/ W9 f/ [. ]3 {; @Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado # O9 \# H$ {& |! K
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.
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+ C3 A1 {) Y: q' F4 V, {! W$ O( tThe 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.- F9 u* H. ?$ S/ y* E$ c4 Z- Y

# |2 K" C; x1 C( O; a2 pIt 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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0 g( G3 R1 q$ b' K1 S- V"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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4 n9 o1 o. b/ O. h) K' uA 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., W" ?, w4 t( G& x; Y2 c( w, z
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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."' e) V8 e+ E) x0 U

& g. b4 E; {/ ~, h2 q. nOn 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.4 }* }- n5 P7 A# _8 L" w0 l/ M

2 k0 g* i& m( o" w+ n"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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0 t, }! Y; H/ yFergus 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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* E( y1 Y! m; _" G5 w# A1 ~" GThey 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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# @( ^9 f6 @( @- q6 \+ s$ M6 C* d/ F, o"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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. `" _( z  p9 i+ w% v8 x6 V/ JAided 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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: Y8 A7 W( s* a# ^% ]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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9 M; j- D, x9 l" B5 n% 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.
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% U' l& p- @# W, n# TDue 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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3 f0 V1 }* ], }% }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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  \% j. x/ M2 b- O5 iDuring 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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$ c$ T3 ^% o4 a7 h  V8 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.
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7 N( y, I: V+ h$ j& ^. \"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.9 m; D+ A0 u. {  ^" l

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