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9 c: D/ f }4 Z1 V( n" F" f/ p) ythank you for the news, - s2 Y3 Z+ e* b4 @# P4 w+ A
i have some news from toronto too...# L4 @6 `# o( }. i5 z4 d# Q9 x
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.! d m6 {, ]9 ^" D; H
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. J4 i* d3 l) Z
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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6 \5 J: v k0 u9 s) Phttp://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( O6 h) o) k8 [* e5 @- T6 P
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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/ w2 s0 t2 {" W" e4 q' rResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.
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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.4 a' ?7 u7 P8 ?: U+ z, g
4 y# G$ u+ L O. |/ y- IIt 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.. E, s& I! p0 V# A
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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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3 j' w' I! v# SA 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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3 y5 t, l8 |2 kElsewhere 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.4 f$ I0 w+ P, `% u3 E
, I) \% g/ j/ d7 ^"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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4 I; J7 u, _2 W( mOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.* T; H1 f# Z. z/ j5 r# i- g
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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."5 n0 }( l, X l8 E. a+ P, j
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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.
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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.
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0 }) a3 L/ h+ i: w' W' d"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"3 U/ D) W1 r0 g3 M9 |
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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.
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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.
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+ d1 J- \0 R" l6 d9 e, 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.+ ~% h9 k# T% ^2 |/ J8 Z( f. @
4 T$ }" D+ y3 s# B& b( }. A( M4 Y"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.
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3 b9 o- g/ ~! W: R6 d' a" l: OThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. ( U* A$ _/ X p# {! y
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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. & Z1 j: ]% Q" Z9 e0 {7 L
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 8 W' U: r* l% W; P' o! {& j- B0 o5 p
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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. |, ~/ `* ]* O& R2 x7 \
+ a) f4 C7 m \3 D: U"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.; x7 C( z, j2 V/ \7 d" m% D- ]
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