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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. / Y/ V' O Y: @) V) ithese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. & p: D: Q' [! @3 o* K, s: ]# m% g& hhttp://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg . l+ d3 O9 C6 L3 u/ t- M& J' {5 e. V) P! k7 C http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg7 Z. J! l/ W1 j- O B# [
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado & j* i m* e* A. ]8 x4 O7 P& W5 z" }7 O6 n2 w$ E1 l- @7 g
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. 7 p, e1 I0 r1 m$ X 9 h6 ?+ y! L" h) m 6 }' j( _1 c- o M4 c, z*********************************************************** ( S" I3 O, \6 a0 Q" Q: \+ {" Z0 H" UResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado / L$ I- C6 }7 }
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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. + D! u8 _4 I5 Y 7 s0 s$ N( C* v4 FThe 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., u5 q* N/ j# |1 v
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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. 4 r) T5 N n3 P& h , y [ x$ s+ ^"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." $ ?8 Y2 C/ p( \/ V ' z+ A& h8 G2 a2 S6 \0 x3 wA 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., n& M5 u3 p/ `) Q4 G, w& m/ Z! D( N
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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. k7 C. V' i( L/ |: g. y/ i* R! j $ P) ]& |2 X+ S7 x4 H# T"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." - ?' U! Z% p' R" _0 X6 K* \; L5 S! U$ E- r4 B$ V9 h
On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand. ' \( y- Z6 k- g. v; I" ~. E/ ~7 D' G. t, {2 E6 S5 s
Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.% L! z6 C* v$ b9 O6 q4 ]- r
3 q; g; P/ P0 U7 Y9 U"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."! c( }, [+ }7 d3 a% u: M" }
$ i8 y% {% i1 w1 \ R7 ?( kFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window. * v% ~9 @9 d& s ' V% `, D# w% d" O! `' @/ GThey 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.* X# Q+ \7 ]& \. H* s
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# s1 L v& W( v o; ROfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. * n( s' ]0 ]' o ' F: n1 L1 a. P i! l5 k4 @2 r' Y3 CAided 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.! `3 z. B& W1 m9 k. c7 X) [% s
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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. ! J( Q/ U5 e1 x5 ~: G5 d1 J( A" t& ^5 A! s5 i0 i: _
"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. 7 o6 a g5 S9 o N* _+ t# c( S 2 r! ~; E0 [" ]7 u. e: ]6 dDue 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. 2 L" b5 U h& i" J8 k
+ o8 ]- @6 x& I7 P4 cThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 3 }$ D: p Y' d . A' Z" G) i$ C$ D' K0 tMeanwhile 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. 8 r/ R6 X8 H$ V& u2 z
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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. , d& g/ L- ^% ]
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 1 O- r, b5 k* b! l# I/ w7 o) q F5 I
"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* Z7 j1 w, P8 t* a5 K# P
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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. 9 t5 E; u' P6 B. _6 J, ~& j3 M# Y$ ~; _0 v
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