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thank you for the news, / _1 a2 c% w$ e3 A7 `5 D2 ?
i have some news from toronto too... 3 x& X" e- ~/ s- R% d H0 v/ g: u% ?& h0 A1 r
toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. N+ {1 O- [/ f& gthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.$ u; s, `: h h. B& V6 v5 S http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg - {6 _" f: W' k& d5 Z% B( U7 l$ r/ B6 T8 I( t$ r) ?# J7 e http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg( C! Z1 I* v# g8 A
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***********************************************************/ K; T, ? n* Q7 D r Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 M( K& u% L0 U4 q; @
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. t' N6 K% d3 u) MTORONTO (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., H- b+ g) P$ {. w9 i% D" B
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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. ) O1 ?5 u+ S( B/ u* d `7 W+ W5 Z8 C" X" b; S( dIt 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 x4 w, k2 j0 ]) P : S0 q t* @/ J4 f5 a+ f! A+ M- K"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." + M7 l4 B- |8 ?" b4 e) I6 Z7 T. S ( \% [9 b, k- N( b2 ^: Z1 vA 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. / x% s- K& s+ h" C j( ?$ x8 b; [ : x. x3 k' ^0 iElsewhere 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.$ ~$ q( }. t0 ^0 V* m& _. }
0 D. G( w1 P# ~1 s, _3 p"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."9 N$ i3 o z+ P/ W( }' V
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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.+ X1 o% Y) ~) Y: u, x) E( k1 X
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said." w5 d n7 p2 X; e( t; D
1 V5 ~& x2 ~- P d! j' H) o5 }"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." 5 Q: C; ?4 ]+ w% n4 ?% U1 \$ O" t- [- A7 S3 W) F0 h( G: H% g# U
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.. W0 W) T! f3 r: N0 }0 @
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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." B* ]* v1 `& ^' k. q# O u t
) h3 q) P2 i, G6 M"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" + J( M& \9 i7 w, X3 Z; L! Z- y# r+ d1 f" q* g+ f/ k
Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.6 l- }9 D" w+ ^+ p [1 L
# w8 S& v& D, m1 Q! PAided 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. ; X: e6 D: i: H5 ` * y! S+ @% `# WCoulson 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. 6 U6 U3 V- L/ k0 o! i 7 J! N- v9 F9 c# n5 j"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. p/ ?% Z8 i3 z- v- Y/ x 3 S0 P) g, r: l0 ?: L- IDue 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. . u4 W9 Z) o$ ?6 n1 e' q2 o" I5 |/ _8 h+ z$ Q7 M4 `0 u
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6 R; H7 n; `+ h( R& DMeanwhile 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. . L. _9 M, }2 a; Z7 G- d$ W" ?% Q# _8 G" n4 Y
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. * m. X/ l& J6 z/ j1 ?" A c$ p9 Z) Y# i' L' E
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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. $ s8 q+ c" l! b9 f8 f
3 e( A* k$ A/ B# | y. J8 Z# t- e* h"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. * h0 s6 h$ G* p: K* I' e0 L/ w. |4 L: T9 d4 R! S* t \9 ?5 y
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