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thank you for the news, * M* Y- M3 D( p$ K
i have some news from toronto too...: P) B% l# F1 P+ H
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
% v m# l: s+ dthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. h" z% W% ]/ b* O
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg4 v7 ^8 N' [9 x/ E0 X
1 r; o$ X) c, j \! @. J0 rhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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9 O6 w6 p/ y' g6 c' usouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado. @5 d" L4 s9 @4 E. I: R0 {% D; W. v
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( G9 m3 o5 S* V: u$ g/ x
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& O9 S5 ]( S; LResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado , k( ~3 q7 p& h1 k( M6 s
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.' _ M& e$ U8 n( ]8 v# d5 R
+ I' f4 e' v1 @) u, s7 P, X5 |8 N4 QThe 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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; u; Z$ G& _% ~( C% O2 p4 i" TIt 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.
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"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.7 V" `4 @( C7 q5 d; I) d+ H3 W
+ ?8 z/ W$ E) u7 r% z"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."/ |# C8 A7 r/ a* w6 ]/ b6 ]! r
5 J8 \0 t; }4 Z5 c+ YOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand./ s, H2 B/ b# ?, Y
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.* a1 X; }! W: K) c% x
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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."
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6 [' ~5 @4 z; i3 _3 V, O v% yFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.2 j+ ?8 V. O3 g" m
; _3 z+ m: C6 Q8 Z5 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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.5 h" H4 g; H' X$ [
& P* A7 G4 D1 `* J/ W; w% ^ ~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.
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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.
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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.8 g, P h/ x' X y3 o
' y3 Z8 o& m: sDue 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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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3 \! p- u. ?& ~- {3 k. d, cMeanwhile 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. ; v8 D! u0 x) I0 |+ X* \# J. \
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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ' g, s A* p4 @+ R3 k
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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.
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: T8 }5 @$ _9 ]3 g/ F! [; H" K"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.
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