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z% b1 z: R8 @2 C- [- p: z- H$ L. X+ Lthank you for the news,
' T5 B# d1 x' H- a7 R* Gi have some news from toronto too...
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6 X7 M R1 {. c# Z, |( Xtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.3 _7 K' w# A9 x2 A1 b6 V2 @& [
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday., ]4 N9 ?; L! p4 A
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.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.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 4 ~7 Q# [' Y1 w* F4 E* X' a6 `
by: PAUL CHOI
I" i: r& W3 P) ]5 W5 KSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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& u5 Y' U$ q0 r L7 ?4 d( QTORONTO (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.! e7 ~* h" I- [0 `. L% \
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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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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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, O; W7 o* t: F- P6 i# l"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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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.8 s" T$ n8 ^* ^7 Y# a
6 H* Q! _& O, |6 D1 U0 c: }* |"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 f# H6 V( W7 e4 c9 l) R1 b
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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.5 q, \% u; _/ q" u$ ~" D
c! ]! |. j3 T# }4 ?5 |Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said." Y8 H/ `+ ^ d* M3 ~" F( d) H
9 q Z% Z1 C# a' X4 E# N* D"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."6 Z) X+ ]! i. _1 H, `
; M8 N" R$ m2 `% H2 p9 G. o- DFergus 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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1 y5 S4 f/ n( A& Z- @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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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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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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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.
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+ ~( |2 |, z, B"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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5 \3 o1 W, s$ K9 L. ?+ C- vDue 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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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. 4 O2 ]" l+ h* @) o5 ~; _( _
! |2 C# i" E2 o; `$ n1 {' VDuring 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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3 @3 I8 b4 E5 v; `& s- N) D; l"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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: {# ]$ z; O3 O* o' Y"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.) O2 j) J7 j4 |- Z1 [8 W9 A: N
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