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thank you for the news, / |0 C8 L! u* H7 g: d6 R
i have some news from toronto too..." r5 w1 ^. S. X8 M$ e# J9 f" h
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
2 m9 N9 b* f f3 u0 T, V othese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.8 T) h+ z$ @' U% x- c
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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- t9 N! @9 w8 H; r2 ^) h* shttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado8 X; P; S0 A. N" Z4 R
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4 `- A4 ?0 M0 G& L Zthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. P U% r; e6 q
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* t# Q# A3 r2 T6 Z; XResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado & c, q7 x9 M, V% P3 e) ]2 e' j8 a
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.# h4 P9 F4 k, C, i
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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.' N; b" }' `8 p$ Z) R
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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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; O7 i, ]: y# S ?. h Y0 [$ 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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* s7 E1 c' X$ L) O w: jA 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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9 ^1 S. r, c9 m$ E4 YElsewhere 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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- P6 _; @) g7 {3 G+ x: q3 B"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.": h, g4 X7 h$ j$ V3 t( C
, V* _% d$ `6 [+ s4 J# NOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.3 ]% L I9 i/ G3 `* Z2 w5 L% R
0 ?$ z% A$ I B# jAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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."% @0 A! ~9 ?8 C. E+ b9 h
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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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4 p0 j8 f; n4 C: B. M( n+ sThey 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.. H* Q' w; f3 I8 O" S% R3 S$ Y
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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- s# A. h+ ~- b$ V' N: Y: JOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.
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4 `. f0 ? q- }- q$ z8 VAided 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.9 y2 d1 d% g4 r' G5 O: N
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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.- k, x+ F2 W I( F
+ `0 e* k1 e; F, n! }7 v- U"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.# b) A& u6 w1 ], s+ p' [
6 h4 F* a9 C4 k) CDue 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. 4 M8 U8 j! Z* M- M7 f- y. T* u+ y
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 3 x& i5 g- t- b3 }6 [7 x x- }
7 N: b: L1 c; a, x& J' ]9 [: wMeanwhile 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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; K& k' C8 Y* x3 vDuring 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. 7 J/ z' d0 Q+ R o
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 6 A W' O- ~& [: M7 G! D" d
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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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0 c. z3 M8 ?4 q) w' ~"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., l7 g, ^/ \; E7 v+ r" L
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