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* @. t1 s+ @: l) ]- e: M, Ythank you for the news, 2 g) f9 t2 n+ E. O: D1 ` J! j
i have some news from toronto too...$ V+ w: ]7 X/ d4 _- Q8 ~3 c O
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( v% e4 R, B5 t$ @! V& l# ]" tthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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0 i# [4 Q/ w1 E; W, @3 z$ M: Qhttp://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_storm_050819.jpg
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& F+ H9 g ?8 f$ n8 o ysouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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* s" B( J+ \8 U5 F6 {9 pthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.- }/ f- @" ?1 ]) [9 X! D6 y3 i4 l
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ( K+ g. a: T" ]( N4 L
by: PAUL CHOI
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1 T4 O+ {5 a+ e9 r* |# e/ h1 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.: G& K! p2 K d
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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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0 R7 @6 G3 B9 ]' M3 T3 d! g+ S/ ?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.
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& ]* N8 P/ N7 \3 W# ?* K; h"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."5 ]% E- a3 P5 B$ {8 ?
6 M; T9 y$ X- E f$ S7 S" EA 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.& M4 e0 d2 t# G
$ n- ^- V* {" `) |9 K9 s3 fElsewhere 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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% r) _. D L# T& e6 ["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 X4 S) ]5 A9 T! H; m# b+ `! `
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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.- M0 t' w% v! p: }# W6 a: k/ u
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.( u* e, s7 I# e, Z
) K2 j% ~' G6 H t& v9 W3 |3 k"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."7 x. ~7 ?! n7 p7 D: @5 R
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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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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) E/ s& Q0 v- v. B9 ROfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.4 f# S! {' D# ]- N @
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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.; p# g& `( I9 ]5 q# w F4 ?$ O/ L
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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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E5 {, d- L8 Z' J8 s5 X5 }"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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4 G3 X/ W: A" e2 I& pDue 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. 5 `" F5 ?0 p0 f2 w1 ~
1 ~' Z" j) e* y, A; F! z0 KThe 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. 8 \! S' e/ z( H
$ k2 g0 F& ?4 q& W+ g4 P+ I3 S' |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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# M) c+ D1 c. G"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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" @9 r- `: [% h7 L. \% t"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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