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i have some news from toronto too...) E" X8 W+ ^4 }# \' w
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. / F( L) f7 O6 ]2 T- nthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. - F: I$ D9 B% o% Uhttp://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg 8 D! ~) [0 N( Z3 O C; |2 D# K. j/ `& A/ Z! I8 M1 e http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg 8 D k7 c( _+ J l* X0 Y) K- d+ p2 P: v; x2 mhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg # ^/ ]( P( j4 B7 Z) U4 `6 E9 H) ]% E http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg2 n0 ?5 N: s3 T/ ]; r9 V8 \! F8 x
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado: f* H) M# K2 M5 M% c1 t
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. " c' h; a- z* {- n # u4 r! C# H& @/ N 4 B4 S7 A9 Y1 p# Z***********************************************************7 M5 B; k/ S+ @ Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ' G r6 H& N* ?
by: PAUL CHOI D8 e( h2 b: H6 |7 }% e' fSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET y4 H5 i2 G9 L+ K% r) {
$ a; X" }/ k2 ^8 Q; ?8 B: I 9 C& p" d7 {9 V4 x# ~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. " A: K) U1 a5 g0 d$ @1 C- ~0 x/ J3 T1 D
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.6 f& P9 ]4 b+ \+ ]
2 C( T0 ]9 Q$ H/ rIt 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. 7 R9 J' Q# D4 V$ i; o 2 d0 D6 p U# F& U) R1 `"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." ! N. U) z+ o; e1 o+ E0 P' N R4 E: k7 K" S9 ?
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." M6 T- A! ~3 j) N
& t( m7 L) W1 v7 ~# C8 ?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.' M4 z$ i+ ~# e0 c2 ?# j: n
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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."' d( A0 H; \6 o) g
9 Z# X9 L4 j" L. N& Y5 ?9 {8 _8 QOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.* x! F: d- ]/ G& }6 E
! T3 s% S4 L4 G& ?Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.) D g2 W* o T Q: J8 f! m+ l8 q
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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! W1 \% R- o9 D5 l# ^ E$ v8 Y # j: D9 ^3 R A" v% e" {. VFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.( D! Y* H3 I% Z# T- e
# @# Z7 C4 U1 tThey 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. , |1 r. D7 Z# G" V* z! H/ Z' B( m5 h9 L
"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" $ M# L& c! T: F) p" {# F0 v" W 0 V( W# U1 f# u: tOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. & ?3 p! \& p5 \8 T, j4 R! P+ l5 H( b) {0 F* U" J; l
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. 1 [9 J+ D I& z, f, X% T% U4 ]* N! I8 D* z( q8 S- a; r" ]9 v0 A9 u" d
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.2 N; I( V) X* V) {/ Y T
, j8 U0 I5 ~% e" _& W"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. + U! u% k) o) S y5 E9 y" R ' N# }2 L7 s$ C, F7 c9 A ODue 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. . j$ U* U4 u& G, c' u
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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. , G5 l8 A. n% {- D: y, S/ p. |0 A 3 x9 y; c1 t+ ~( M. V) F0 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. 9 I# |# z$ }3 K0 m ' U1 Y! w; H) @. p& d! C; A8 EBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 9 W6 L1 e# h4 @6 `
" A/ j) v$ E& t6 n6 D& L' 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. ' |' }% Q; \( g% n7 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.6 Q, V& E8 N9 v0 |# N( f
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