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o; m' i- }% i5 j. \- r) ythank you for the news,
0 V( m) U& \ ?5 x$ si have some news from toronto too...
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. _3 h& G! l: d7 `toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
# e0 d+ D# d X1 I8 othese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. d1 t" a) A$ ]# g7 H
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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: ^' H; ]3 c8 F- ksouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.8 S; }# w, K0 s2 {; |
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$ H3 Y6 R) y" U2 a. l/ c! qResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . F$ _8 R S1 l
by: PAUL CHOI
! P( i$ Y- I) c* y. U/ GSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET8 D' z& w: Q) q5 P! Z, h% r% ^
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2 B$ J) S0 v9 G$ f$ K2 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.7 e3 k1 y8 n5 ~8 p3 J
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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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/ j; |/ @9 e* o( IIt 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.7 H% o+ j5 [4 h4 h
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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.. ^' Z- a4 W7 @3 b
' i# {9 g! H1 q& X, D8 L"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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5 O" P7 t$ H2 w! q1 Y9 r" NOn 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.
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1 H* h+ f# {% A& x$ U& j"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."5 x2 Q4 k# o |2 \
+ @( f' h, z" T' x4 CFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.$ e3 f9 L6 r& T. @, T+ q
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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?"
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( x) |$ F) N# l' b7 X# t7 KOfficials 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.
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4 M5 w/ h% G+ f( {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.- M" [; w! n; u3 Z4 K. G
/ p% t1 n) f! P1 w0 E* X"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.6 Z; w% @6 }; j* x3 b
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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. ' Y9 C l# G3 r2 O- O2 S( {
7 ^- y6 G0 N: [8 c2 K& k0 EThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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5 D& d2 E& w' d3 y( S9 ?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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"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. # l5 m- q( c. X: C9 A# y' O* J
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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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