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thank you for the news,
- P( q M0 X- W2 Yi have some news from toronto too...6 L" h o$ r0 O | I
* R! u, F0 P% Btoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. c9 X; x) w3 R; R
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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1 y8 V- T7 ]9 ] v9 jthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.2 I" i2 W! k; \0 M
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. p1 A, ^7 I" S# zResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 5 O+ _0 e0 ~5 |) s8 S6 g( I* L" Q
by: PAUL CHOI 2 H- j; V( X; S6 G. @4 ]7 d
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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& P; J7 M3 z) u1 OTORONTO (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.! A; _4 K" P$ w, D1 [, _! [
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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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* ~8 |3 d: E& c' P7 Z8 [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.- S( B" O/ a7 h! F- Z; G" W+ f
) Q9 i/ X" A: G7 i7 c5 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."8 ^( V/ l# k) n- c; J+ o$ ~# w0 A: Z
9 e/ c8 `( Z) G3 h3 `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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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.9 }- t# [. ]$ D4 F0 b: u3 D4 O
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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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' u# T0 v l; Y9 s. q7 i% xOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.4 b: v# Y4 v q7 c# ~
# M" F) Y& F& e& s7 EAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.+ l! @# f5 c% |. ]5 J* o3 G$ u9 I
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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."
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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.: K1 O( T J7 U: F4 i5 u6 t" }
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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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". A1 z2 i" Q8 N, ]
' A+ Z* C2 v) G* ?5 qOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.8 p n* O8 F; E
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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.; t0 s4 i* `8 N: R; \
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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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3 c$ h. S, r5 C. |) {The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ) m+ b1 q; M( S- A) N
# ~4 H6 ]+ |( n4 B. N4 g+ |0 q$ iMeanwhile 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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: [- l# s1 P4 oDuring 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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"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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" F# ^. [2 o% _& ~6 H"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.% d O/ X- h% R: y) q
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