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thank you for the news, , J c- N: T6 Q
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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; t6 g1 V0 u; y! ysouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado e. i. G# K+ h2 r2 [4 K
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+ M* x# o# N; s/ }the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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9 y5 D( T. L$ ~0 j% ?Residents 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.' I: U# V; y$ m X/ i$ ~
' b0 j# W9 x5 B8 a! E: O$ oIt 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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" l L$ C1 ~0 ~. f% S4 rA 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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. W- h G9 d8 R4 w- }0 J% AElsewhere 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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2 u. s1 J) Q; S$ UOn 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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& D& ]1 W1 U4 f6 g"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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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. ?) ]1 z8 F# N# N. W% S
0 h" z) {6 Q Y: @+ NThey 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.& B; F0 e2 d, g
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"# S. S7 T8 [7 Q0 Q8 _. h
5 G* |- h$ a+ N% l" _* C2 ^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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3 i6 N9 k) t& V& c4 z5 |7 fAided 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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# g+ ~1 \# M6 U/ Q" qCoulson 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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) m: E$ H1 V: r6 G& x% [# c$ r"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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( C B: J/ E7 O3 L- jThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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" i9 |8 Y0 C! }8 [; W3 t! 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. ( c" R; C$ r4 w M+ q
5 s! Q3 {( k: Q3 j1 RDuring 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. 3 E; V6 n; L, v" h
( _9 ]1 z; |. K/ YBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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% B* [* p/ a' U) }9 O"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. P E1 V9 T [! T/ h
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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.
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