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thank you for the news,
3 ]+ b( z( C& }7 W1 V+ \# p7 }i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
7 W; ]6 W0 M( J5 I3 R/ ?4 ~these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday." W: |0 G. s, E4 ~% k
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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& Z2 C4 ]' y3 x4 T0 i; uhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg( G, @# ~) t: y6 a) x5 v
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9 s% b1 L1 U; E; F1 a: g2 Osouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado q* }( G4 c! H) o. v' y
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) O5 g) v/ A8 {7 Qthe 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
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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. M3 d1 C+ {+ [. n7 c8 T
" q% @/ [0 Q8 \- v6 IThe 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. j2 i$ Z o) e- `9 z
; v( C. Q" O* 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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* ~ j0 ^3 }9 ^/ P+ {2 z"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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. W% G1 ?" P Z- rA 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.( l% X5 d \: H8 D! k
+ M, T+ @: z5 `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.( V& q7 p0 l, I5 R
$ W: R E0 |+ z# R3 q8 [% e"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." e; V' }! F2 [, A5 F, u, f$ N
6 B) [3 ^$ \& B$ d; ?Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.4 I$ w5 w. M3 t. J8 W
' ~0 ^. Z7 X' H- K- T6 q7 C"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.") k/ q. e4 _# q6 T+ L0 e5 M
! j" d& l3 u4 |$ h) A5 e+ PFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.' s# c0 u8 A) i
% |. A. `0 L' g$ X( i0 C& S3 gThey 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./ h; g5 C( p0 l( H
n7 j6 a) i9 h* j, g5 M( i8 I6 J"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"+ v' g0 ~$ E" u0 t6 u
$ ]2 j2 ~) n0 E" g: u! yOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.4 L) O) Y& r# W/ \* C8 u
& h! i2 @* W# \' GAided 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.
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: T8 D8 I3 E% z8 h9 o, O. _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. - p1 i/ S5 S' ~3 f' ?6 p+ }( N
. p; L7 E* N; s7 L3 iThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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; _5 j( S5 D8 W' y) A, yMeanwhile 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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% u7 e1 m6 U& k" qDuring 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. 9 ~6 ]& s% o6 D3 g2 ]9 X7 [
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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.
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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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