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thank you for the news, , Y" u! h% p% Z! {, m Z% a+ y+ gi have some news from toronto too...: b; G" F5 P8 ]
1 L; q" D% ?5 {, l @4 `- ]6 mtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.4 l' K; [! m3 r7 ]: C, D9 \
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.0 p' C( @3 A/ B6 \+ W( B* }- J http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg# v9 i: ]9 B. l% ]) \
$ w% Q9 F) o0 |9 M3 ^southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado 6 Q. P: D$ l% n: ] i- e# O, {5 b4 T/ w$ @6 \
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- [# c: B$ r0 A) f" f$ Cthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. 1 ?2 {6 j) k' D5 N# Z: I ( ~, D/ }7 D# G7 w; M & d; ?" R8 U+ N/ ~5 }5 }*********************************************************** 7 f+ d( ^0 g4 w) \Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado , k" Q* D3 y7 @6 L2 w" y
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7 ^ T1 X0 w) F( ~4 i7 I; F1 @- 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. 5 b( D# e, [' S( w8 p5 @ ' [+ M' k/ s0 |8 AThe 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.6 n# }$ t% J, R/ Y; [) q) U, T
# L, \& X! c( N3 uIt 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." O7 q! \" ^" i* C }8 i T4 L4 ]
* W1 V9 s; |$ c, E9 N {+ X"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."& v. d" h" M# q% L% P- I
0 Y* U0 ?( S n8 z, d& Z. T8 `A 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.! d" a0 a: p5 d. g
1 b* q# A! g ?$ k8 j7 {0 O/ bElsewhere 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.; t# I+ F2 _" a- P* U" y. s$ v
# g5 }. @/ x+ U+ x p) E2 S1 f, q"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."4 ~! T% T: A$ b& A/ Y& ~
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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. 9 Z, ?% g2 \* _) i$ O d9 I+ J& \4 _; n9 B
Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.% H. v1 B! z9 d/ [
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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."% K/ A4 R& ?- x6 N6 m3 A) t
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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. % _2 m( c/ Q. h" z1 M; h 3 L7 m$ f+ d$ V+ u& s% s9 nThey 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. % V7 |8 v {$ c; J/ j0 Z- l8 q. s: y! O' t* ?7 h
"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" - _7 _' d- e# N @+ b# A0 l- n2 k$ N9 u, k8 y+ y5 G5 T: }
Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. " {1 M! j8 |) Y9 {& w# Z. o( K8 Q/ Y& Q- }3 N( s; z
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.( q# _; ^# Y- s( S" M: j
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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. . D4 R3 D% T; ^4 ~: t0 v; B, @" c6 K- X+ l
"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.9 b$ S3 h0 R. M$ n3 i4 z5 ~
% ]: m+ X1 K; G+ @; {$ lDue 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. * n& x. ^4 e7 t3 Y; y, T
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( [1 ~5 X; Z, J( z: V6 K+ G0 u. LMeanwhile 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. " Q" y! v" Y, L5 \( [' \ & g% g, v- b3 m9 g5 r- mDuring 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. 7 S0 g0 b1 p2 N
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. $ D" _! m: N4 p7 {1 E! E% Q6 R$ V/ s* N
"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. * T) i2 {& B$ y6 R9 E) d
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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.2 U, S, c( K6 C+ g9 W( J
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