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. c6 ?' ~0 W: E( g$ m: B+ C$ }0 fthank you for the news,
. E& q( q" G, ui have some news from toronto too...3 A4 S8 T2 J# i6 \8 L1 x9 ~
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.( l, ]' f" t# G/ F
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.- h( T' u2 G6 P# j
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg5 Y# X ^/ e6 } Q7 J7 ?7 h
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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' N+ C! M3 R4 H- V# Esouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado5 l5 ?, q* t- q2 n
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) G- r# T! Y% A* a' V3 ^the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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8 t [ r) `( ^* @( IResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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6 X( V3 T! U/ p. a# j4 B5 fTORONTO (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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' M0 m4 C+ c8 lIt 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.6 l( h6 Q& S! H' q5 M% K
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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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8 U. c4 \& d, q9 ^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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1 H+ H" F7 ^$ o4 f% zElsewhere 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* P& o h% V# N1 j
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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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$ w! M7 d9 k6 `, @9 e/ p* hOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.6 O2 r l6 ^3 l0 ^# Q
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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."& C3 { W3 H0 p/ O* G* C( U
J# ^, S, ?1 Y/ n' Y- 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.6 Z, Z/ k9 C3 H. s# X) G
5 n' s9 U( ~; [5 W. B# K/ \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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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! p8 a/ B: l: |" D, o' M2 ]; yOfficials 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.# n [. K7 Q. y3 z
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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.& d$ X P8 e( U1 C# Y! ~- a
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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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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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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7 K8 d; K/ f7 N q2 V1 m Q4 R9 tMeanwhile 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. 8 j* M( O7 i2 g4 z
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 9 u$ i/ ?: M5 s+ Y9 O8 {
6 V# G) o. ]# i# t, i4 x/ ?$ f"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.* y+ ?9 M2 R0 ~8 x* A; X' v" ~0 B
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