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3 @ ?( Q& @( A6 s+ q7 {thank you for the news, $ H! M9 k$ M6 M2 P$ J
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!!!.1 w6 E0 p8 @3 a' t/ v
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.7 I/ H6 [& p4 ]% Q, c% t2 X* Q8 D
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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2 s) `8 ]/ M G( s7 `* Dhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg+ j+ R. ^ M- B6 {" @6 E; J
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg) l+ J( `, e3 Q3 Y7 P+ D& S
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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
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' b* k' ~" @2 [7 @the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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9 t" u: I2 k) b% F& [- JResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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- { k9 M7 r! l+ T+ ETORONTO (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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" F$ {/ @( n8 FThe 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.- a9 J, h3 x, J1 H5 F* ?
% S6 x. r9 m% 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.! |* e4 g( P% L! t* ^
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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."/ y8 \/ N7 ^$ S( E. M9 x; ?8 H
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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.
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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."' M7 X1 [/ n9 o3 ], Y$ M
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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.
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g) V6 j4 ]* EAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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4 \! g4 I: F/ m% 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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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.& a o( r6 Y/ b/ M1 D
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?") l! a9 U) m% E7 m$ w1 ]
' ]# B9 c5 c; Q4 ]% I) r; r, i% rOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.( r( w+ o0 ?5 a! t# L; r8 N
: d7 g3 b, U) e5 o: QAided 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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! D8 p' v/ b! g- l d+ NCoulson 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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! o, o- U( r j"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./ ?# \' Y: W) a0 T
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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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" x: y- ^ A) y9 S5 }5 P. bThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ) [! L" Q7 a+ |, l+ i6 {
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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. - M8 l' Z- u4 K# w7 g& `' c- \
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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. * D2 \8 T) h0 t3 a8 \! v
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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"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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"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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