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3 c% x3 Y l% Kthank you for the news, " Y0 O; J8 m3 R- k) }
i have some news from toronto too...8 ^ F+ w' m' C5 i! {
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!." H8 ? b. k$ a* p
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.2 ]+ s& Z$ X& G. P# L" U
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg! X* l# A: k' _5 I- w" Z# z
% S7 m+ T' l3 ^4 l4 Mhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg+ B3 K) _. S+ y9 Y0 k4 q* l9 n" Q' W
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7 \7 u% D/ q/ b, x+ Rsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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4 E4 K) l' q nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET3 B, Z4 k: ?% T: P) x, D6 |
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1 e% i! S5 h& M! P) P; L+ pTORONTO (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.9 q3 D9 S# i2 l1 \( ~# Z5 z: X
0 o# v+ N7 f$ y"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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* v8 u+ w2 B' QElsewhere 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.9 b: K+ k% W4 C- [8 r
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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."! v, A* p* r0 L8 t* ]9 u1 W+ q
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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.9 t3 T. [( V$ L" E! K8 w
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.9 b' C! v5 d2 J! ^2 w+ ]
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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."7 h/ E; R- `5 o2 }/ H; [) y$ K) l, e- R
4 j [/ _+ J( K1 M0 qFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.) m# q$ r2 O( s# I9 S
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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; X1 y% ~) C
( I! i, C! P2 K5 ?2 X, e"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"% A+ ~- t6 w9 H5 I9 [# A
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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.& ?) x% m, O* ~( F' }
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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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4 Q8 v: u# i4 h) xCoulson 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.& }4 _1 E! W- x; ?
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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.
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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. 0 }, R9 N4 @3 @3 D; K1 W, ]5 P! @8 }
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 3 c2 o" Y+ p6 ]
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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. / U4 t: ~% q+ b4 V6 r
! }: l4 G% H8 JBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 9 q1 x+ }9 x( T* [) q4 n
7 L, L/ V% L4 x2 X! H4 Y"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. 6 e3 d; F% R |" @
3 B; }4 ~) ]/ ^/ C"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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