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i have some news from toronto too...) `! `: T3 T# X4 O+ C' M3 h
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. / Q! A3 y+ R/ B8 o; g5 Q, othese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.# V: F- \9 ` W% S& e4 S http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg$ k8 [3 r. b+ E
' H& T' p" N$ [***********************************************************' `9 D% j' o+ H4 m0 J* T Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . ~+ a2 h3 t4 q2 c' I0 b/ J" Sby: PAUL CHOI - v' m z- W6 N# F
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E2 H. |8 F7 {# r2 ^8 J% JTORONTO (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.$ j6 j, V# D2 M. h: t6 Z1 ]: Q
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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. % J: D* v& _4 K2 m5 E# l5 t4 N7 K1 U: d, x
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. & B) e- M$ z1 K' I+ R7 ~% H/ F' d2 t3 z) Y y0 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." - l3 H! v1 y$ ~1 ?2 B6 G6 c3 d+ x5 H$ q0 o4 n6 h
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. 9 U6 g4 H0 g, w: m : k" d7 j: f3 `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.5 t! u+ a5 o+ x4 P, V
! E9 i/ |* o# |& R) M"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."6 D9 j/ y7 d% ~9 U* p, |! ^: |
6 o( {/ Y% L% y' I D _On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.! t: k0 T+ F* Z
( ~. o, C+ c, t6 {; M$ M( G% ZAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said. / V5 b" t$ Q5 U7 U! C. s. k( R& C- @7 J
"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."1 l! A4 Q# f5 n
0 J. ]1 u- ^" C( J- i- x" J# q9 QFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.! \, r, {) _* ^& r
8 Y3 `5 ]' ]( b# j8 Q5 zThey 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. : z% w# N% ?7 l& ]4 ^" e9 O# m/ F
"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" 3 X4 x! n4 I# l 9 w- G( F1 s9 w- \/ }" t/ jOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. 0 Q5 a3 N- G% m/ a6 J) p2 Q 6 I1 n; ^& A$ l9 y n1 Z/ eAided 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. z4 ~7 u- _9 g- ]8 I9 D, R0 x ; ~7 n9 x4 E! b. ?$ b: e" t. KCoulson 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. 1 ]9 |! E1 }8 A& \ ! m9 `' P |; t5 y: W8 u"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. . s, f0 L3 e- \ $ W! n4 k* r! q) v8 MDue 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. 9 x( H- }# k% _+ @& n3 u, s/ J1 Z+ f2 @' u, W
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J" ?9 h/ K. n4 \3 dMeanwhile 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. + Q# N- o) }4 r9 L8 C
, R1 p; p3 j# {8 b, |' xDuring 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. 6 k' i1 _# P! S4 _& n
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. $ {5 ^$ p# E& ]) k8 n9 r1 }- k: K! m/ i! l- }. j |
"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. ! `5 U7 P. Z1 s* v8 y3 V
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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 r$ v) M8 e3 M3 l( C6 N
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