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: `' ^7 J' [& ^* ]. {! xthank you for the news,
s* `) {4 y* z8 [5 ~. `+ u, ci have some news from toronto too...
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/ q( v9 v! v. g" k ^' U; [1 Otoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.8 }- A8 {6 w/ T' N. h
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.* T' q3 v1 B8 Q9 ~
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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9 V6 p) }' E: |( b/ Csouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado" l; @8 o- f8 t5 b2 O: S& ?: Y
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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2 v, }8 D+ ]" C6 E( z o. eResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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0 U; G7 h/ R/ L( i8 D7 M& O3 T& Q. [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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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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6 T: g; e5 s1 B1 m- ~) ["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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4 ^0 s& ~1 h" v! E' l1 G- u% NA 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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3 K z; n6 a) q# b8 o% u: s3 f( O+ IElsewhere 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.( g# O0 K: G; p3 U4 u5 G- G
F$ u# r# G t( g; E8 t) |"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."4 F+ s& T0 r/ J2 `! A
, `$ F! z6 i2 vOn 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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: k' _- T/ |6 ]* t4 g# JAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ s" z! K; t. i. O) P2 G
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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.$ }/ E, V2 k7 o% A5 ^ B, ^2 p
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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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4 |$ w: p6 H6 o2 _: s# k"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.; M9 k8 Y' s9 R2 w) Y" R; c8 w
) w/ ^ O9 ~ u' d' \! lAided 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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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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- g: G) r# ]: Y/ o3 c! A" t"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., x, ?9 \6 k% Q- O# g X
7 o0 j) O/ o& ?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. * N3 g% j1 S8 C
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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$ E" P' k/ a2 D; g. _( k. oMeanwhile 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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 0 T8 W7 K" Z# Q! @0 y& ~) w& |
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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.1 R! U: E [. A" j0 f! Q2 I2 o
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