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thank you for the news,
8 U1 v5 r8 O) E8 X$ o% Li have some news from toronto too...# r9 r8 @ `1 x+ Z5 D. z6 P
! u' ?% P3 E1 g c/ ~1 @toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.; a# X; a6 K5 r% y
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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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado! n1 ~" V- n- U, E: z
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.5 V; a- m) Y6 @; ^- G9 ^$ @; u
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2 A5 v2 t' \: @$ o2 ~7 `0 cResidents 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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8 A8 s5 U# I4 DTORONTO (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.4 }. p7 @# K( h7 z) T
3 o( s2 ~6 A) G2 e) \6 PThe 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.; @9 V* {# Q9 y
; P" @9 E( W& t& |1 sIt 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.- C6 T9 ?- [! d3 \" N5 h# z
: f; P( [, D0 ]& m+ n5 I"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."/ i9 ?5 N3 G+ w I {, Y# R
8 ~; c* w- I4 c/ O( |4 X1 qA 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.0 I$ a/ h4 F. M# k" P& w
& l8 y6 H, Y5 u3 c! \/ B6 nElsewhere 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. }" h3 O- g/ c7 T- C$ T+ k
2 w; s: n% X9 l k s"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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* X: y. b( a$ D* dOn 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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7 |0 [7 g* }5 L& _8 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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) x( p6 v* y+ Q2 h9 VFergus 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.( u1 R4 Y/ b" e9 @6 B; c
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 n: X& i6 [ X1 C2 c, @
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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.0 X/ g2 @& H+ B$ {; i# ^
5 T% l8 i' T- T0 T) B/ VAided 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." z" ^- g7 }+ d! Y
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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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The 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.
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& n9 \% m0 J* N; v) mDuring 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. + v6 W5 X) x7 Q9 r
0 M8 ?* }8 H) e- M5 rBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 1 P$ a6 M9 g% c1 S
3 b8 \: n7 d |9 w: W7 X"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. 4 Y) V) _# j s: b3 U8 H. ]8 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./ G1 {* L- I" q( F
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