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thank you for the news,
7 v8 t2 U% d% U; ]/ Y; w N x( Ci have some news from toronto too...9 g q; `( T* v: n2 c. P r: g4 _) e
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.5 b4 W. @4 F- N( k, u$ l9 K% y
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.( K- G9 B+ y! H; t9 h
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.jpg
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" R+ w+ C. E, g2 X+ o9 m1 Nsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado# V) O$ q* Z9 x9 g
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' b0 ]6 C$ b5 X3 U0 Hthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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3 ]9 o0 r8 E, Y; 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.
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' A b5 Y1 [# J d, n1 S4 H% s9 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.) ~! ^& K+ _2 E+ |
& Y( \" g: z* x' v8 @( TIt 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.
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0 m# K+ R8 G+ W; dElsewhere 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."7 l% Z( U% P" }! [; O' A+ p
- z* A0 Y5 s3 D' x+ E, ]On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.4 U- P; h6 @- m5 h
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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.") E# F/ z. {0 V( m0 {/ a
: i) H$ D9 E. L! rFergus 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 q& u4 C1 V
; T# q) Z0 @2 {: j! y) w$ i7 y5 xThey 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.+ J3 l" z2 I5 Z9 E$ b/ Y7 i3 K
( t( x" G: k- a, h3 y- R: S) _"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., r# W" R: s; |- |- o/ G! Q
" u9 [& j/ P& ?9 K$ RAided 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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9 y; s O# {$ R' B0 gCoulson 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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1 X/ A) v4 o+ A2 i7 L% l2 K"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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6 m7 F6 ?( q2 W" r* t8 d( }/ m- xThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ( Z. |1 v* T! O" G3 W
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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.
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8 R# r6 s/ r5 |! p9 H9 MDuring 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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6 \; c$ O$ n# j5 c- {) n/ R' |But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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6 Q1 o2 p4 R0 k; K4 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.
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