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thank you for the news,
N) f4 v6 A( L) s, ki have some news from toronto too...6 }4 d2 `. H/ a* U" b% f
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.( N: O% @5 S+ t0 F& x
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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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado5 q$ X7 e4 v% t8 }# u4 z7 ?* C
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0 ~4 ]1 I: y, p5 g( ]# jthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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) c( R1 _, s! sResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ! M7 X0 _$ r: _; e0 n* u( K
by: PAUL CHOI
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3 G7 j7 u& F% o/ l6 v3 H' zTORONTO (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.2 Q+ y9 m* H1 r# m/ |1 l* v1 ]* {
3 m6 ^! H# X G5 QThe 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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6 J8 ?4 W4 F/ E) n* V" O: L; @; NIt 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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"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.. p) {4 ]* H/ t i
2 }9 U; [" D2 ^8 @( X: ]2 m# vElsewhere 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."
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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.1 G& }9 q% y$ \3 Y' [/ U( K
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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."( V% ^: j8 H/ L
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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.) @- Y, W* o/ |: I9 F: d1 a6 t
8 n e3 d# W9 B" E1 eThey 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.! ?. ~' b9 _3 R
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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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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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2 ?. ]% l6 {# e6 \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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4 g3 |2 t$ j; W$ FCoulson 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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. P( V+ P7 e) O. F# C- e"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.; k4 W4 C) R+ L8 `/ ~! Y
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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0 x4 t0 p7 _' x { q! }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. 2 g) ]# _% X) G5 P ~
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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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' @! |9 X5 f8 Y" Q8 GBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ) b, V/ w1 B: n2 Q
- k- X9 Z) `8 ^) v. v% ~! A1 Q"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. % j' y" j+ }; l8 _
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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./ C6 C; V5 D/ `0 l6 u
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