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u6 {$ L% Z' r. x: G4 _: Q; |- Zthank you for the news,
( f4 {1 k# {3 j- k* R7 ci have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.3 r5 u& F; m& p0 z0 \7 e
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.+ K5 j! ~3 B6 a* Q) R7 B% o/ V. o8 ^: n
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg" C3 w7 ~- r2 p9 a( k
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado: f0 C. l! d. Z q
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; {6 ^9 X/ F7 Y, w5 Jthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( W/ |# y( \3 Q5 j
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/ I7 _ @3 k2 q# I4 }Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET# l( Q& [7 E( }7 i* x5 z
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' F, M N6 h: e% a, _" yTORONTO (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.$ V# a5 C6 v/ R
0 L0 F+ k6 J0 W' U- Y8 }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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0 W4 w) E8 c8 _4 D& M. e"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." o* I3 \/ e# E9 r5 v- E
3 M- d/ E; i$ U2 ~- wA 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.; C- }; `( X: `! U( ~9 y
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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./ [5 C! ~. ^6 F- O
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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."
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: G$ Z% j. I) I" p- f& G2 ?+ A: ZOn 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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8 U$ e u D( `+ r& s# `Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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! y6 a% F) @& Q8 t& @' h"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.". ~; K+ F8 F; `- \
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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.: r8 B% A+ `! I
2 m! P2 ~/ @/ D! h5 x+ M4 i"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"& _/ r( S- u# H) N& `1 c+ S
3 d7 N7 ~* N/ ]/ l4 ~" X2 f: L# aOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.* Q$ e7 D! m3 @) ~5 P
! [% T1 l0 k A" a4 r% X* K {, b* NAided 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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1 v b! {! m6 M1 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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, N6 p% G, O! h6 iDue 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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The 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. 1 C0 |8 \; h; {0 J, \5 K3 j5 b6 L
8 e* F! u- O! z. T( \0 UDuring 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. 9 M m0 {+ G! S7 U0 S
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ' z5 B) [5 b7 Y; g& E* ]
5 B4 W$ T8 B3 Y6 ]- K h! p' n"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. * E6 P! y+ T- E5 A; q x
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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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