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$ l1 G1 u; M1 v+ ~thank you for the news,
/ |2 S6 @# Y' w# f2 b! N* `. ~i have some news from toronto too...
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$ @2 V* N' ?6 a7 M! z0 {8 ^7 u8 s) s1 ztoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
% N+ |1 M2 u7 E1 V2 O- n8 ~these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.: `- g0 @: d7 w4 _+ c
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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
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the 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
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6 a ?4 ]0 f) V) v, K$ [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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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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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.
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- P, @! P. Y) 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."
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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.
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4 X, S- c2 b& {% _1 I+ hElsewhere 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.
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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."% C2 m4 I+ N6 I8 y
$ v" x' w* ?. H8 Q% z$ j# E4 Z% n0 [On 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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$ K' s3 f" y" p t, g- yAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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% J( w1 P( N" \! N, X( S4 P4 `: n- d"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."$ p9 `- P5 p7 A: d( L2 f
8 S. X$ N8 c) F8 [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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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. [/ I- g3 [2 ~0 q3 } G6 p
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?") C% A6 H8 p, Q5 v# K% \. N
. E& t9 N- u+ d. N6 AOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.7 g- _' X z+ y1 O/ {: l2 V
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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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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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The 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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% D6 Q3 p7 ]+ _& ADuring 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. ; }# Z$ K, p) B- X# X/ P$ A0 e
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& A& \% ~ K; 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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; C1 Z0 R/ {. q' h3 `2 Y"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.1 H" F& X4 ?- v x' ^3 V
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