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thank you for the news, + Y; q' i2 M6 m( r" c4 u9 ]2 I
i have some news from toronto too...
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5 ^ v' U5 h' ?4 O# a+ ?" ztoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.3 A ^1 c$ X1 e* W5 i& ^
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.: B6 U- B+ m- g6 r
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_toronto_storm_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.( T9 @4 H( @" Y
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& B+ m2 \& B$ H: p SResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ; d Z0 l; e/ M5 B9 ~
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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8 v4 _3 N& V. |' T1 b. 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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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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4 U$ D* R! ? WIt 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.! h# I6 {5 x, d9 H% u
( m$ E1 I$ x- Y% K: \' f" |"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."0 P+ a7 U0 E. ]" g1 a" s
$ e+ d5 Z0 x% R1 A. \6 ZA 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.7 N1 Z, n0 E- M5 d- i
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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.
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8 v% r2 n# \: @"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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, J' C6 Y6 ]0 n: N, j: B; ~6 ~Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ v9 [7 i- c$ z
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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."* Q' X; u' F7 T$ ]+ } i
% W+ ^0 P2 t' ^* `$ zFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.. z n* G6 G; @& a; X5 b" Y
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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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9 k$ l' j3 f5 m3 I- }) r( ]"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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! F1 h/ {% O z# b- \8 N$ ]# gOfficials 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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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.# k; j9 \/ N3 U k
* R" n3 G: X1 x% n1 H* O/ X# O/ rCoulson 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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9 K( _7 x+ f Q) `9 p9 ["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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! [( }- ]7 d, L$ p8 S9 w6 IDue 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. ) ~( Z3 a& O) X2 a. z% w6 D
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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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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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@7 W7 Q8 U4 I4 ~: p2 J"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. ' o+ V& w) c# i Q, w
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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.' A1 r9 {' p( |
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