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; Q( `$ M) @* o$ F8 d L7 D) g, a" `thank you for the news,
) X- u* _5 n; L( r9 N( u% a9 oi have some news from toronto too...$ |1 {0 Z |5 F8 E2 R
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. o4 x5 R* m2 I9 W' {3 t
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.% t6 C# Y7 y# C' ?
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7 Q$ Y8 V- z) f1 ?2 r5 e9 Vhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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# H+ F2 H# ~! R' N# Z. Y# ysouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado3 ]1 J' w& t; @9 P1 Q
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3 K$ ?+ z+ f$ J$ kthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( }" Z) m+ T0 z" n: x4 A( i
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+ }3 z9 y, G. H; N/ nResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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0 Q1 p* G j+ [' T. B% bTORONTO (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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7 G1 c4 P: [0 J/ v& e) E7 RThe 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.+ e, I: T$ f& ?4 [
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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.$ C4 E; A, v H( F, Y2 S. M
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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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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.9 Q; E) ]* e& r) L8 A/ n/ H
$ g3 n$ m8 X" h: x1 J0 O" 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."
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5 K/ W+ ^8 I2 Q4 \On 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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6 _# }- d# g4 Q4 ^* L9 xAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.& E2 E+ H2 O K" p5 Y1 S& }
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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."& W$ k; Z" D. P; C
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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.6 Y, T6 P* \5 ]" C, T( G% T
! a W2 S5 @- zThey 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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& z/ W" e/ W9 ]) U0 N w"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.' f9 x; @7 b9 q; f0 s
; A. w7 C) Y/ ACoulson 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.8 L9 Q9 U$ z6 P' {9 g& g
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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. P8 o; M8 ` d7 Q
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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( ~2 [. H! e8 w$ p! ZMeanwhile 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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/ w1 H, c' A& G: M8 F0 k9 eDuring 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. 4 }4 `% t0 u p/ s u% _/ g* r
9 h) c7 U B% J B% [But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. % h- G7 S* p' E; t+ o$ {( ~" K4 D
+ L. H3 R. Z5 x! h1 T7 `( @. c"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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( N8 @& j' D/ f"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.2 x# L/ Z3 D# E% r: w% c
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