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thank you for the news, ' S3 u q7 u! D! w8 D
i have some news from toronto too...9 g) ^* y6 I/ B$ ^+ X# s* c5 M
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.* Z! e3 I$ J4 D' k( ]$ l3 b3 f
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.4 H) W6 O4 z6 r
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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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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, b& b" E* r ?5 d9 {( u3 Vsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado: R4 ]2 `+ y* k7 u8 f" F/ ?' {& ^& @0 |
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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 2 b, W2 ]# P) ?0 n. T$ \
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET8 d/ o/ t7 W/ `( R
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: r: b; s) \+ ?" 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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! e' H$ v$ d1 H/ nThe 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.3 s8 ~3 l8 I6 ~' K
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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.! W7 Z( V# Q: v9 o
( _& D. S9 h7 C4 @1 i S% G"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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0 ? O9 C* j* S0 W$ x3 x9 H KA 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.& f' j' h; U9 p {# b+ R% d! t9 _! b
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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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1 }+ ^- I C: A/ r, OOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.$ b* J4 U" R: [, K( Z& K
: V8 F- l. ]6 D! C7 V- AAmidst 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."( e1 m/ V0 t( u+ _6 M7 c$ E- `
, ^1 J5 H* A! hFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.& e J( H1 Q U/ L! x
! l) o' X- S( S5 q# KThey 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?"
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; M0 z% y; O5 m, zOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes., Q) W) }* I+ ~2 Y, P2 E7 g
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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.
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' Q7 c+ `- _6 O4 W6 H. I. OCoulson 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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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. ( N2 A% M6 g7 `7 O7 B, o; z
- Z X" i" u4 {5 w( x, b+ M' Z8 HThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 2 b4 Z* @) j' u1 {* o4 s, r
; ]# A( @ P W2 kMeanwhile 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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" k7 B1 I4 ^* S5 ?0 {, d8 JDuring 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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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! S9 G' r4 m0 t! _( Z"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. ( U! f) m5 y. R |) |( R. z
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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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