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thank you for the news, 5 K* T* M: ]# K" g% W* d6 W* Q
i have some news from toronto too...
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2 U0 ]2 Z( ]! S$ u: mtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
3 ~1 T+ D! d z1 rthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday." f) {' G; X: V% M' N
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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% G }/ p1 q! A% a- Q, x# x- dsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.7 f: G. [' L+ l/ W( o; G
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 N1 x, F$ ?) L z: @& O( W k
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; c& i1 d2 s) c4 ~: Y/ V: M- @+ [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.& x; i4 { L* K) m8 A7 D
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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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7 }' Z1 N; w0 I! @1 d: {3 ?"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."* n; _, W0 ~# w: }
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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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9 A# t; q' v R8 F5 |, q2 dElsewhere 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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"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."0 i, Z+ e4 f# H. `! _8 i$ r
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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.
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* Q2 J, [$ M6 oAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.: t8 d( |- |0 D5 A8 |% M1 o
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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.
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: _, c& L- u- q- qThey 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?", }2 I& i {& [3 B: z2 Y
$ u: w- N. E! _- n( F5 V9 N! |Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.. g+ v; |2 J0 w0 a" K& E
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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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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.4 {# N) m9 V1 Y
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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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: n' P7 Z, |# L: U+ J% W, uDue 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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5 ]1 v$ q: {" D) p' DMeanwhile 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.
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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. , i/ Y \/ r. J, [9 m
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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.5 m6 t$ K, l1 _
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