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t+ }7 S; ^ m6 Uthank you for the news,
|1 x x, Q6 Q! @, [, f" Di have some news from toronto too..." U. X3 K L7 E3 C9 g2 c
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.# Z' S! p0 Q1 F) q$ k; {$ f
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.- L3 {6 R7 H5 D
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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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/ m2 g! d# ~& {% y' X; }
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3 T+ W- O+ Z2 B% dthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.2 K& U9 @) T4 `( K D
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado e3 K! m2 b0 J$ C: q
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; [6 ^/ ~+ f# Z1 aTORONTO (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.; u* d0 w: w' e. P2 l7 H: R
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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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2 g( k. B* t1 }* M7 P$ CIt 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.5 U( Q* [, y3 z5 a+ J I! \- Z6 b
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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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9 s( t# T, M2 B$ g5 A4 FA 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.
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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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" |- l* R ?, a6 i3 \' \: _( rOn 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.3 k# K' c. h n6 y7 c
; Z7 T6 ~" z3 c* q) q; l3 D6 \"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.! X8 f3 b1 k/ Q0 Z7 m
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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?"* ?) Q5 X1 w6 M
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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.+ r9 b" p! p0 Q C$ X$ i# u! m
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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.9 k! A* A: t2 M) n- \
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/ O1 E# _% |# c+ [, l"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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S& E; v9 j9 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. + F- e8 m: z! A+ U4 W; X
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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2 J, F; ~: x4 ?4 Y9 m7 HMeanwhile 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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; r1 e9 |+ p6 I- U8 HDuring 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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$ f4 U' K4 ]" m/ }+ e$ h/ KBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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! J* I/ j4 }" g" c) ?% J; b"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.0 B0 ^1 v$ W2 C- E
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