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4 r2 f2 S3 i; J% Athank you for the news, 0 G* m1 \+ |# Z0 A- }$ t$ S1 J. s1 J- I0 ^
i have some news from toronto too...! D% n, d; H9 l! J6 o& h
0 ]: w8 T* V. [9 }toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
' F4 \* H8 w, t4 q/ i7 ~$ A* s' cthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.0 W6 W/ w: h. A; T
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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! o1 [2 G0 `3 I1 Jsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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4 E. g, S3 d" i9 F7 X; @, Z9 W& k9 gthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.7 K( z3 G" B. @$ P. d/ r
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado _0 c& O& F+ x& P; R) R# Y' y- n; _
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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, x3 J/ W Z8 r; K' U. B! _TORONTO (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: y% r! Z, V: N5 |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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( n E7 U, v9 {$ o4 i W0 J) KIt 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.' L6 W; j9 P) o$ g; L" q
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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 j8 K' S. C, h3 SElsewhere 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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+ {9 P! O! i7 `"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."$ z1 u9 P3 F9 g$ A% p6 `
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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.' K5 I+ S5 |5 n8 d
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.. ~5 l/ b0 w8 G1 ] e' N( C3 o
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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.". ~. O8 N0 \3 n$ h
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Fergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.* f* t0 U3 n5 `: E8 P+ A# R& r0 X
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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?"1 [1 J( [ v0 r! A4 G
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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.) [2 }: P2 W& u* a
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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.- n3 u9 s$ k. @) r( n0 [
0 ~. K% H+ g0 Z+ T"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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& G$ m* _# Y) i; q- ]3 TDue 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. . C0 ^/ E8 B; E
5 O3 F8 ^, x- T1 w# tThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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, [1 V- @- Q0 f9 p6 k$ lMeanwhile 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. " z, e" `9 v' P; \9 v
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; z% L2 L8 w& T/ u"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. 0 _, v9 Q. j* N
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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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