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' K0 P) _; t, j0 R. Uthank you for the news, " F' [+ @4 F* o% ?% n) s
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!!!.' r) n) z! d: S3 w% } @
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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0 K; f. p+ x0 Q8 U$ mhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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k' \3 l4 ?; s" s' Y9 e' ~0 Xsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the 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 , j- J3 V* t2 M. w6 P
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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; v( F( |: s H) E" q1 A) E) p! {( LTORONTO (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.; C$ a$ u! i6 K, Q, Q! D
3 `: p) { e2 ~( X2 L# EIt 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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& `* v3 N" T/ I2 N3 v- {"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.% Z& ?- h# ?9 M+ C; X# D
2 ]4 T( |7 I" V8 ]"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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6 ^9 @$ v/ Z( _; a/ rOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.* u: f7 X; Z3 C4 e: D$ x
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.5 I+ F5 _" q6 T' n
2 O, D' `$ y! G" i) i"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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"3 \- J. R/ X0 x3 I" S3 F' Y8 C- J
% l1 z2 t! x3 x: H0 cOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.9 K7 Z: c* r& F5 a
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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; C9 N3 w1 W3 L% u2 JCoulson 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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7 G9 a: [; ]8 p* B2 T+ v"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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* c# M- J8 B$ b. x' GDue 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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1 ~: ~# B4 h% R( d6 gThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. 8 y& L( w+ `( n8 X
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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. , h4 f& M' k# h
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 8 K8 m5 l8 ~; }- B7 R
& n$ n2 L# b3 l4 l% ?' Z. N* 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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6 F# Z& A% T$ }9 p/ H: P+ h+ I/ i"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.$ g8 B1 I: f. s. z! ^
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