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2 z, C2 v3 h4 Uthank you for the news, % U6 S# o7 a& G$ n6 k, O5 H" G) i
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!!!.: O! H3 J6 h+ ^0 i3 }
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.. o0 z' g4 Z0 Z; L% U0 T
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg3 w" c0 O1 a9 V0 s/ x' T# z
! y& e! i$ R7 ^) c) Y, z" Khttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg% r/ k) |0 L1 K; h
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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.jpg7 {. ^1 v4 |% H, H
) H5 X7 \: S+ L' _, h* }southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado8 A J3 @. }6 m5 n8 F0 p
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, U) Z1 `7 M0 D( rthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.) L A$ v" N/ l# W, v1 C# }+ t
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado : D6 i7 j% d. x0 o) g6 r
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.8 W- ~4 T$ A) O3 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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$ |: w! J7 [. l$ F. jIt 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.3 C- r& u5 S% p" H
9 W7 n8 S% @3 Y2 w) N: \"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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' H4 M% A z' OA 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.0 d. B( y5 J5 \4 n0 }. H
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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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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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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."
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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.3 M9 U) U* V# `9 a
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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?"2 l6 a6 v4 l. j7 D7 k
+ H* V. ^( ~% ^Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.4 J7 e( D# I% U
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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.$ T& y0 b0 j" L* w7 T3 Q
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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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% {" p& {- M! \! T4 k; f"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.2 g; ~1 q2 M1 @
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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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. * L' G! R5 u/ o! A
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Meanwhile 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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During 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. 4 z8 Z( j- v* L' Z w" F
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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. 9 ^# z( M" b3 o/ U3 ~* s
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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 e+ d0 t- b$ x6 n( `3 U H) i
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