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thank you for the news, 7 f" ]$ j2 Q1 `' e! L0 A3 Di have some news from toronto too...1 Y) |5 c6 m4 b+ i n
8 O m# O3 D( k, Z" l+ Shttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg - ~8 X" M/ [5 f1 W- [( K ( k/ ~9 _- Z) U! I. J: P/ lsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado( w& Q# }; j6 J7 ^$ k; ?
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, ; z$ C! W% e% K% _ 7 |/ M, v) ~7 j3 c4 H! Ithe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. - [# c- v* L" L# Q9 u" v2 ?1 }
; x: F- A6 }2 U# j) A7 H6 c***********************************************************5 |% Q* P P4 `' z e2 B Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . W, ]: B# w' `9 ^. C/ hby: PAUL CHOI " u" f# k" m/ {& v: W
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5 z2 U) U) i, U$ A, c) c/ l' ?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.. Q: I& s/ @5 n4 e. K: D) q' q8 x
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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.2 r% B) @$ S5 L0 Q. k1 a- y# n# X# o
6 d8 \5 M/ v7 ^* _ u1 ]0 aIt 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.9 y6 ?/ O; Y6 B% v4 `* z
0 M( u2 H- F* e"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." * Y. k& l, r3 y" f 7 k* G' X- D( EA 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. $ r) h# C, b/ _' a2 p) d% B4 V$ {! z& e3 d3 M; o# d
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.$ e9 u0 |4 w9 x* M$ A0 |
0 R7 d. v; d$ b2 W"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." & w2 I# i* M, i' _5 M1 f) F h , ]3 x" O7 U2 N1 a# C" } f7 cOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand. ) ~4 K% b; }2 E6 |' t2 G- Z4 G4 w# A$ `7 g/ c4 E
Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said. $ A' S7 N. Z8 q3 p# y/ g. \, _$ @3 F+ b$ ^( |: r
"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."5 `5 H( \3 J) }+ X- `
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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. 0 k+ S1 C$ p( \5 ~" s. L( K( e0 ] j( S1 E9 I) d
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.( n5 N2 L3 s0 E/ Y0 p
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" 8 J, n6 a1 D$ K2 _4 K* x+ e# e- O& k5 k6 |3 @
Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.+ S4 s6 g7 }! J" P$ E
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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.3 W9 _, i, m7 W
|9 C4 q8 K7 z( x; \$ F8 PCoulson 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.) N- K/ r {+ _$ G4 G
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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. $ I1 L/ |9 r$ L3 W N1 ^ . F }0 L- R R$ ~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 M' S8 ?1 m. _8 M+ ~7 E
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. + v( n$ K1 v7 T+ D% X' @' I% Y5 h( Y; P9 O l$ @& ^; t M. `1 }* r! d
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. 8 T9 @0 h( l" [: {8 g 9 r, x; @$ u% h, Q+ c; v9 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. 9 s2 Q& d2 G( S J% ~2 s
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ( B% B; l+ m+ d3 w3 j$ ^. T* M) g) z9 S3 s1 W& B
"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. 6 k7 O# T' J/ p, z5 f% \$ O! d
: T6 @# _+ R1 g: o" e"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 ]' p# b3 {: g/ ~* _1 I- ^) N4 c' F! ]2 W
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