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& @/ A* t3 w% uthank you for the news,
N+ s6 ?% f0 c1 N: ^/ ]! ~3 Yi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.) f& K4 q! p; D, i& ^/ m8 ?0 T
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.7 G+ t) P8 Q3 J3 u0 D- s
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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6 l' @7 r9 z7 x5 e { Z# uhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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8 O" W5 W4 {2 t3 s4 D7 s* T9 osouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- U2 W4 f p3 |* A. A5 f$ J: Lthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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% `; N P$ S' e2 U, sResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado + `. b& L" H' F
by: PAUL CHOI 2 Q. V3 L% L: k6 U+ c
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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.
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8 z. L1 u0 x" b: a; D# [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. a9 @9 @( T5 E: G0 h
& E8 |7 i9 y( r* z$ u8 F$ |"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.
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Elsewhere 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.) K: r! S& h! l
" H6 F9 f, _0 G* H7 R) Z* c% A"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 ~2 g+ X5 w3 c& V+ Q- h
* z( H& u6 y- DOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.- k G, K( h# ]9 n5 F7 I
: Z3 |; u' K2 D2 WAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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0 H- x# ^9 @# [/ o" L+ I6 J"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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- [- p7 W5 ^7 a* I$ `9 S, d0 L, FFergus 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.: T2 E+ P% V$ \; [* M+ R
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"& ~/ t& h1 s! F
w/ N9 E) z/ s/ t" x1 p1 Q1 ROfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.' D- h* U1 z* H' t' [+ w
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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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+ Z! D5 j4 K: f* T! KCoulson 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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, w. v0 f# y/ u; C9 ~# n3 c"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.4 x) }) D! }& a
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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. 1 Y0 I( P5 E0 m, f" j% f
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. " K6 ~- j! r7 B9 c& 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. ; S/ K V- E8 @+ K0 o
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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. : _: t' W/ f0 H3 d6 `; O
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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) |( ?% V" A6 o% Z"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. 3 s8 v7 }0 w3 j" H# s. x
4 z! A' P7 A0 W2 X3 e3 ~( L! _"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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