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thank you for the news, 5 L: A t ^9 |. h4 `i have some news from toronto too.... L0 B! x/ ]0 T* r0 D, F
8 B, U( Z+ m1 p |- T. ltoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.; k6 F4 T# ?! I6 \) Z
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. 2 [9 v0 k3 ~7 k1 r" X* _2 G( Shttp://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg7 |4 x" W% }3 ~+ R) x
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado + ]% R3 L8 f, ^9 v N $ R$ L+ S9 B: Q' ^5 _4 X% K) P: Z, * s. X! L B/ k+ Y7 O: s3 b+ s( j% t. d1 K# ?0 T" |6 J" ~: L3 B
the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.5 c+ T I% O* _/ P8 }5 }# v# V" Q
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. f; V! E/ s; r0 L***********************************************************, @. V0 J; S4 n! B Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 C3 x* e# h* E& y- tby: PAUL CHOI # ?! A' [/ ]; n
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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.+ u6 I: m+ k8 x9 v5 I# B
# w7 ?1 m' _& P2 I5 j9 ^# p, vThe 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. 5 k6 u+ [& ]0 f) x8 M! e . g' k; ]6 r& }3 c( i+ s1 f; X% fIt 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.1 T1 J+ w* [1 E6 N; O B
$ n2 [; {) c. o& x7 g. o! ?"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." - h& a4 y6 n" h, r7 }# L* t2 c' E8 f3 n; v( D& J
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. + q. M# F4 s Q! G- e- j' A4 R: }3 F( w( ^' p
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.( Q) T1 A0 C7 t
' ]" j5 g! X. ]; n( O( u"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."2 ]2 G) O7 _ \& `2 Q
. ~! v( |/ Z/ t) \. aOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand. 0 D% l( ?5 V4 a$ V4 j8 L a " j+ p; X( ?# H2 N7 q: }' TAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said., ^0 Y$ Z( y4 J! ~/ R
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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." / G: N# p$ B" v& c% M Z; U6 @9 f' |8 G: l+ j" [) x ?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. 9 i A) ^7 c3 K, G* d7 I3 f! Q5 [% K1 E# D$ W
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.+ E' H; g& h1 [5 `% N2 P x
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". U) p( a% S( A' h
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Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes./ T. F% L' }8 N4 d# C0 p+ ?
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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.* w+ b' ?6 P& \5 Y
* v& Y* a5 o& m$ l4 L5 c) l' mCoulson 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. 0 }5 V: |$ e3 }! V. ~ " `& W# R. q7 Q! |0 U9 N"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.. k$ U2 L% K: t$ |. x( V A
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Due 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. * ?/ |1 F" w7 \; z* c+ Y ! i6 v1 c& T6 a% SThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 6 a3 T+ B; {; Y) V9 v6 {1 w6 f0 |2 K9 j- B0 ]5 K
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. 6 |8 b5 z2 i& q& g7 X" s$ ?1 A/ W
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. 7 \$ C5 O0 \% t! x4 u. G; K# f- q! ^3 d$ |( A: m# b" W5 b
But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ?3 a+ e& S$ U. u0 I1 ]6 V7 k1 z) e9 Z& f9 {! Y1 u
"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. 2 t8 i. p; J+ A* y: Y 8 u' y0 [* D' o- e+ x"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.+ C8 U0 N4 Y% g
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