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Originally posted by 1st過七萬!!! at 8/20/2005 17:32:
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; k. U7 ]; E- _& c$ ?thank you for the news,
. B( ?: O0 }, H* L* D+ C8 K. D+ ki have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday.  Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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6 V1 @' _$ s7 O/ l" j, b6 C! Hsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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1 o" P* Z# w" j4 Dthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.- t$ o# ^4 s4 @5 R: a# w
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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/ W, z9 c: \0 I7 ?, ]5 d. yTORONTO (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.7 u- t" J0 e1 k  v+ E- q. @( T

$ k5 t% g) J8 b% F9 s8 |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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5 l* R. [- {. D7 m/ BIt 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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' d4 V" n, H, Z. T1 `"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.# q$ c8 [  D; q$ x  J4 R
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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.( o* t: O6 G) [- q

1 @7 y$ ~8 t5 E" H4 \" o8 L# }% i% j"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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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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- R9 N2 G! d8 i) i" W# nAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.3 X2 v0 x: c4 l  h. e

2 g+ e  S; o! e' m"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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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.
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- _  C2 h4 n& |0 J"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"- {) U9 g# @  ~" ~
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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.
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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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. y3 E0 x/ {' W: R$ aDue 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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; _1 W+ i+ ]/ r; {The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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$ v, g. t# y  {0 R  s. ~; e7 ^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. 5 j" V1 ^+ r; n% ?$ f& q3 z
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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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( j* c% m3 C7 y: c1 I8 R$ x* J2 QBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. * b$ I9 r7 ]  c# Y% g' c1 K; W
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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. 3 e' t$ b; S' I+ w1 y% d: E, ?
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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.2 c8 p* N* J: s
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