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: v7 g9 `+ j C3 |& f# h7 Z; fthank you for the news, # S1 p: {" p9 h* V2 ]. p3 @1 O
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.* `& S1 [ B+ L( }" H
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.! @. k' S1 |3 v5 Q4 G. s) Q
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg: @ S$ d2 s4 i: M, g. f) F0 f
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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5 {! U% d* U6 Nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.3 B: S) Y. r6 C+ Z" c$ f
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ' K% o6 }# y3 R" T# }
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET% M3 b8 d. y: ~$ ~" k
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% t7 u9 k7 `0 e$ ~; dTORONTO (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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- t" {( |$ P/ `9 w# V1 i# V* r! h( XThe 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.: t8 d; s( k8 E( w! r3 ^
2 M0 I8 G5 H) eIt 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.8 F: X! h' o/ |1 @' }
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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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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.' R* `' t, ]" R Y6 V, x# K
- S# ? o) e! o6 a6 q$ ?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.5 f4 R; U8 p' c" A# Z0 ^/ p) X
1 L# I9 n: Q( \; n1 e8 E2 a"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." j# C1 F: ?* T* k! E
: u9 n7 R8 ?9 x' DAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.) v& b, o% l1 l# a& n: `7 t0 t( p
/ V' \# R: T4 e8 o7 w$ w7 `' W"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.& J5 H1 h) W$ e0 m5 ~
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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.( k5 T1 S' K# }1 A1 [
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"0 z) b$ a, U/ u0 C/ j
$ m: e; [8 Q5 p3 \Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.) c% F2 q C$ o! f
$ } `0 y* ~$ m% y0 g; yAided 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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* @: j' Y( b, d; UCoulson 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.: I- W& ]% m+ n0 k# \! f
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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." j/ D, Z! X1 e
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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. ' A8 z( x3 t3 `. ^/ Z% U! F, Z
& ^4 P# g) [5 |The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. / d. F/ {9 [; C5 D% I: b* x
: T- @; B- p$ q& s! ~: N) U; YMeanwhile 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. # {* v3 o! C1 r) ^
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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. . {: ^9 l3 s% V$ H9 J
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. * x8 O8 B# t; t0 ? h
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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.
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* O( l+ Q! d1 u) ]/ j% L"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.
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