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thank you for the news,
+ C6 @" X9 n1 M/ y$ _8 T$ Di have some news from toronto too...2 {! ~$ ?1 V$ a/ h& I4 k
, `$ N$ I7 I5 V' y* Otoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.- E1 ~ x! a1 g8 i# q: T- ]
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado& j" `4 O$ e/ p9 [3 z7 U
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.0 m- l( w& [! x, m) Z; j2 J0 O6 F# ^
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: X. p( s6 F7 ~& \/ c$ DResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 t- ^" O* H! N$ O
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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; S5 o6 q" d* g7 |! Q P" J3 g ~6 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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) ]8 s" S2 A$ A% R: r, N9 n1 WThe 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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$ p, C, n9 c0 m5 u: a( ?$ l5 QIt 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./ B' S: `$ k0 c, ?; w0 ?
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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./ w7 o$ b3 M7 V% a" [# L! M
) `6 u' y" j( b( n4 u; T"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."! M* O$ z I5 ^0 A. V
5 m' ]% h4 _; r/ |+ P/ OOn 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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"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."
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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.
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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.9 p0 m8 y5 V4 i8 K" F1 V
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"+ w! R- S5 f6 H5 J0 z0 J& j
7 A2 U. v. f9 e5 F- v+ J% w ROfficials 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.0 ]- Q; q; d- \9 P! ]2 n( D0 p; s- B
; C I5 K3 W, e! W1 A. J"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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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. % b% p7 N* N& G9 G1 \
, U0 Y$ v; ^$ V7 FThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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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7 ^9 g8 o7 ~7 SDuring 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. 6 I1 u: o8 U2 g# k/ m
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4 ]' ]) A; w& z7 [3 b* i"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. $ j4 y3 f3 {9 R* ^. ]* J, T p
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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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