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thank you for the news,
; j, ^: E3 J- H) b# Ti have some news from toronto too.../ r5 \" X' s. |! J
$ x! Q/ S- o% [5 G( L( t# ^toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.& a( w' Z5 g' v. A% z# R
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.+ P( f' _' P( r
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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_flood_050819.jpg
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6 D0 l+ f* l/ a9 j: D) x/ lsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.: j5 R% @: z; v+ i7 X6 N: o8 ]
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 7 p: W$ N% v3 A W
by: PAUL CHOI
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, s$ a* W5 I; s2 j6 J; `! I1 |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.
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4 m5 y! a. S% P) j4 o1 S$ b& sThe 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.% r5 e& F/ w8 V6 Y6 a; F) ]5 R
8 {/ ^3 L% x+ \. F# m( K6 A5 zIt 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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"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."+ x* L! a+ K( a7 j( Y% m8 g5 \
4 G, u/ R! w5 o* B3 `( M- ?# mA 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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3 T& {- A8 x9 H2 T. AElsewhere 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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3 n2 ~& \+ d+ G" K# }On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand." C$ |: K- @0 k3 K- F; k- h
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.4 o4 i; J ?- M& G0 \0 J) Z
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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."+ }) L2 }- k a1 D5 r# }
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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.; E' J- z" b9 U
+ E+ U. F3 l9 s L7 dThey 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.* N+ f; |; y- `2 B, {+ N7 i A }, V. x
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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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1 n6 h1 @" E5 r+ @Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.. \4 t2 i6 H, t% ~8 B+ N9 K: N
: ?: I" @, W. BAided 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.: G7 _ S3 z1 G, Z9 a
. j# W; I6 j' B0 sCoulson 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.7 K" T- Q5 I7 }! D) U
: M7 W5 ~* i5 u5 l6 e* b6 _: x"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.' o# c( n5 Y: I4 ? r. h. k
. {, {: s3 b4 p% Q0 w8 rDue 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. % A+ r S, M1 W( S! E; [' [
9 N7 Y" J1 ~1 D4 ZThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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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( T8 E, ^. y3 i. e' ^3 _* ZDuring 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. 5 Y! c q. M7 l p" T
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 6 q. U, g" \5 n" |" ]
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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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