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' u+ c& m- U& _ c R( A8 uthank you for the news, J# [: R$ |1 c5 H! K8 o
i have some news from toronto too...8 l$ K1 n% y- i; t; p# i; N
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
1 y& F7 A* ]8 \ y" zthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday., b4 z; p3 f3 w3 _: ?
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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8 ^, I/ x. I- Z' asouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado2 E8 n R& B& m; m/ ~
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.4 q& D: S {' |" R, F& A! O9 x
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado # n; [ V! Z0 T4 y
by: PAUL CHOI
9 L# A+ g9 H2 u- u4 x% dSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET1 T. ]. p, q: e6 u
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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.4 {( i' S* x* ?
) @. J" g# a. WThe 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.1 n B4 M1 P5 ^' i( r: j
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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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8 `1 L# s7 x* k: g"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.; N, k0 E: A3 @
; V4 d9 U5 e0 h, i7 I4 S2 x8 T5 k* \/ uElsewhere 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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- J$ G. G5 B* e: `3 k& b4 w6 K"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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.8 f) {$ k/ d o3 m& Y3 I
: {4 O( f& v7 X: |: t+ ]3 xAmidst 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."
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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.6 A" V, l' M: A
; Y# W2 a0 X" V R0 X# f4 C o"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"6 d: S* m& X8 P* M2 L. N! s! P$ h
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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.2 o: U9 y% a. y M7 E
2 M2 \. n3 z: Q" o" |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.% {, O/ O& J* }' q
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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.1 B5 x; a" J; f
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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. , z8 t3 F, E2 q6 ]8 U
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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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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. 9 }, F( }0 e* e7 S
# h! G8 g+ i' u7 s0 e' W3 uBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 7 U: w4 s( [! w& |4 N
% X: ]% A3 Z! f- m; `4 J0 X9 b"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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1 Z6 a! `) p$ q9 |- F9 b"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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