! {# L" X. p# s) D# Hthank you for the news, & Q: g% c3 d! q5 n3 Ni have some news from toronto too...5 i4 N; o8 |; f4 Z0 B
; ]. Q9 a3 w6 n8 ^toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. # K9 u7 j2 c4 q# v% l4 v% y! Rthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.* f" a# Q- p! q; Z& x http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg2 N/ h/ y D* y3 i, j1 r
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.1 d. r) r+ t$ e* I" U9 _$ D
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***********************************************************/ R! z6 K6 X A( A: G5 f Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ) ~+ b: r! G% H- j0 N6 o( G- |+ Iby: PAUL CHOI , \8 F) T4 e5 ~, }! w. l/ i q
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET ; K7 V5 q1 y% v# I" B( ?: F) c) r0 {4 _
/ X3 I* O& I; _( i* lTORONTO (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.9 n7 }/ `& i& G) n5 p
+ P/ n5 `- _# R& R' R3 L& nThe 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 x% ^7 _1 k2 P
" q1 y9 x! \4 d- P2 [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., w6 d- F$ \+ {# D/ p; B7 W* Z
9 z/ U/ b, |& {' T3 c; p5 V3 ^"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.": G/ q& W( W: J+ g
0 h h/ S& p$ q2 G! l& N9 GA 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.* a% F8 I- X W! ]9 e, [+ [2 j
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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. ) w" K0 \) A0 w* ]& k" f4 { V! s2 X. h* a3 Z5 L5 Y
"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."( H% l4 B+ n* G) t; {" 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., C C2 j5 R' v* C4 D8 f
5 }/ H' y% L0 o& C& gAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said. 2 q0 ?6 p6 h2 W& v3 ^$ \: q . f/ P0 _: P2 q"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."# o; ?' B( y. @$ H
3 _8 O7 S9 j' ~# |8 @7 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. 2 U/ W8 q' M8 J1 s" h) T2 x4 J0 P! x# b4 l0 C$ {
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.4 [3 _" k- P) m) n& J4 {
" K& ?* e& P. q4 n! z"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" / j# W; N; f& v: k! {2 L" O + v$ z+ _6 } j C; d) O. j; NOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. * H6 |# K4 f {) ]% B& [6 g9 v( d7 a1 Y7 V, C/ k
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./ O" B+ X2 v" U: o5 |% J$ y" g, k
0 v' U* B/ {) z( C' s! QCoulson 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., z/ w% t C, ?" I
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"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.3 ^0 r. m& C; ~, w( N
2 n/ d7 ~% O2 P2 S Q k. Y* L% cDue 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. $ I' N; R [: x% |' h( D
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 0 [" v+ R# A0 P7 i$ n) Z ; M% y+ a q" q+ q/ O1 V8 iMeanwhile 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" A1 E; X& T8 Q0 P- u& i " P t+ ~7 @3 Z& C. f; IDuring 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. ' ?4 o! y9 L3 Z; @9 L1 C
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 9 v k& i: \6 t, S9 Q' l1 ~* P; k, |: e6 |
"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. % ?4 J+ M3 n- d : _2 O4 g4 D# M2 C) s, w"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." X' R9 e6 \- ]$ |0 Z) L9 V! c5 b4 z
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