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thank you for the news, 9 ?, r# M! n5 M7 R% j5 [' E, ~
i have some news from toronto too...
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* {, ?+ B3 v6 P; _8 c ztoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.9 j# a- L% Y l' A" _* v
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.1 d) L& W5 r6 J3 ~
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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0 K# T. n( S0 l3 T% z0 e/ Rsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado( p- E+ \% p, B# p& I$ l
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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 1 r G: {' W" w4 L; \. Z& n5 U
by: PAUL CHOI 7 u, [0 z9 M7 v* C' r0 p; j
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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.( ~# F r- n0 u0 K$ k" ~9 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.7 c. N! _7 f7 g1 n) j: h
- M, `( O3 Z L* d6 _7 B, V/ F# Q7 @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." D1 ?' N$ r- v2 X! w+ B1 i- N
4 G+ u7 V9 h* n/ r' l" J"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.0 i, j5 I- D7 W
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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.. `' ?' ~7 h* E4 Y# u# h
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"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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7 G% L! z0 Q! @* o/ 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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4 _% l; q$ v+ R+ S- EAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.: \, t6 s2 ^) g$ ~
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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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2 @, L: N* O% k/ _* g/ Q5 i( f; vFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.7 d# n& ~) q! @* D( s
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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 y g7 {/ X' n: S
" O1 V+ Y4 K% x, h! N7 ^1 |' J"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"" O) B: Q" C7 X( V% Z/ v0 H
" ^: `3 c6 E% COfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.# H: e; T" J6 I. T% e! q
5 H B5 p) z# f* X0 p! l% zAided 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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"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.9 w6 ]# B+ K T. v
) C3 \1 J2 D; W+ N+ y, pDue 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. - u) `! Y c% J# {5 A% l# @. n6 K7 W2 ?
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The 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. 8 L( h) C0 I' x5 L, B: b6 N
8 ?9 L; m: t6 O! J* lDuring 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. ! s5 v3 M% G6 v+ s2 r
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. " |% [6 l: e) l! J, f
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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. * Q1 V6 Y* o6 p
3 P( S5 v& }, T; _" O: `( E"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.) S" X. i+ k! m/ u0 M# B# ^4 p
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