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7 Z% {0 r5 g, v; s) lthank you for the news, ' j4 ]3 b* c) x% S" @$ I
i have some news from toronto too...& @9 e4 w* k/ A! t4 ]& M
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!." k0 x! X M! D, W2 c/ L
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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6 g4 L0 ?% ~. P" G+ Dthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.! G0 [5 v6 k6 [1 y2 h( w
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; R: M0 o* H: Q' TResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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" ~" F" U# U) s" ~% |. c( v. WTORONTO (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./ @* G- G5 z- P' q$ z
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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.
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) S$ y6 t S; D" [! p% }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., Z" d E! G) S; b
! c4 s+ |: ^' Y4 l"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."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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4 ?$ R- t2 x- N! e& F( ]6 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."
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+ j; F( ?4 y* u- ZFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.
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1 b/ S4 ]4 r/ `8 i: g. e) @( I$ t( yThey 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.
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7 l) k+ x6 L5 d5 R3 T: ^- \"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 q, G5 z' B' {, m. f |
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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.& E5 P9 }' m. F7 A* d
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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.. ^4 @3 A- s5 \$ l) d. ]
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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.9 z0 A8 t. f' q0 J. m1 G8 n
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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.
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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. 4 @: w9 \2 \* A
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. . o5 S+ p1 t- x" f: `0 Q
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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.
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, \) W F, F% X _5 P+ e3 _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.
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. ?) }, } C; DBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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"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. " b3 ~+ E7 ~+ E6 w& ^
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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.3 R. L$ i7 f1 t8 _) }( y% x+ z4 v
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