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) {! m6 u! Z$ s" g1 gthank you for the news, % M2 ^3 r7 p1 ?
i have some news from toronto too...3 Q3 T" t- _, ?
6 X6 m4 k0 R: X/ S ktoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
4 q/ B% o1 f& d8 S9 h+ n3 t: S" W- sthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. I9 Q2 R. x4 H. f$ u
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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& H; n. w9 @" R0 f# B( ?the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.% m2 V* c6 g! K; F4 O
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.- Z5 t8 }: @1 v1 A
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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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7 l4 M7 i( y5 b5 M" {' OIt 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.% j7 e8 r% T* }# f
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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./ ?+ O; | L; ?/ l0 R
. g4 L& j6 B8 s v% l"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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand., T$ C: {& w; i# h) \
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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."7 b2 j- o/ i$ e. p4 A2 v$ h- w7 s
/ c! }4 y H1 Z% {1 i: 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.3 Y& S3 d$ F" y& g. K) w: ^) Y
' h8 ~% c# T6 I% X$ tThey 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.& h6 Y% i1 ^/ K
}- m. ~% Z9 L; { S"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?") g9 T2 e: f K K" h- G5 E
. M0 P4 g$ J4 z: C' N9 S6 DOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.' Q( `, P6 h% j8 o& v, `$ i7 O- ~
; `0 Y' r' q# jAided 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./ B- I0 j; F, x) b7 x
. l0 O& B) _; [! a"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.. s+ {/ i) S% R7 u( t- {$ r
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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.
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1 \/ ^3 K/ j3 EThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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" D2 ^4 o" b# cMeanwhile 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. + i" Z _5 k R/ z% h# I
8 K; `6 |6 s8 M8 x% J9 [/ XDuring 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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- Q7 I" B7 A6 j* l; r: I& p0 ZBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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$ U7 d* L/ b4 s' A& Y' d9 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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"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.7 {4 V$ v& g/ V* y
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