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/ c) n V. L1 P7 p# z( J5 P9 E! X/ Cthank you for the news, 5 g! J6 a+ H/ V+ C/ z! v; f9 C
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!!!.. ?7 L% g' h7 t( @3 }7 ?8 E+ V1 W
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.( m# W0 l" Z1 l B2 P8 k
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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7 I! s5 m- j; |+ m( |' Khttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg5 C1 e7 u6 O" O3 J
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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7 t8 C" [$ k! H+ }! Lhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage." |7 z* v5 D! p) z
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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9 e; Q; a6 {5 U5 Z# _! }4 c wTORONTO (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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" t5 c' ?& m* h, e* y e# CThe 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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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.
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; \/ q' h) U. V" u" Z9 o/ ]- |"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."6 G* W2 q3 F# N7 j j# {( ~
) y* A9 ]! W) |# H9 l! g PA 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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* t7 G5 @, F1 t0 YElsewhere 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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1 F/ ^) m: I0 U/ X- f( e"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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.: _* e Q% g9 o4 O" b
6 d* N: L. i8 C1 U, }, l: L"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."2 ], }# Q! U/ M9 ]: p, a+ B
) \: }$ k% U5 p& R7 qFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.
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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.5 V G$ j" Y4 p2 g
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"+ S$ y o5 v7 L! P# D- a( A
* R+ A2 b! f Y6 X4 K" k* HOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.. T8 q$ v& Q! u( [0 T( X$ [
" {! t6 y: Z5 ^7 ]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.1 c+ m" P/ m6 Q5 r Q3 V0 h
9 @# t7 ]& N- Y$ z- G2 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.! B( X6 w3 w7 O. h0 ~
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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.+ C! ? Z8 r, b* n- d& c
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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. 6 \' n) p, H* c
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. l6 d* T3 k) q& V
# d0 D8 Q" t% d h) }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. ; U4 A5 |* _% T, Q# }) n' k
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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. / H& B6 P3 o! \6 n: C0 ~4 A7 w
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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" t+ I7 G) j8 ~0 Z; o8 g"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. 3 O, [8 c6 q0 }$ o: |
4 a9 x) I: R0 O, H; U"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.9 F6 r( j9 N5 w( D5 v6 c
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