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thank you for the news, 5 S' I0 |" @/ C2 J+ H
i have some news from toronto too...$ `! d X( v4 A% J6 w1 u
; y: a: W2 A7 |* w5 d& ?! Ptoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!./ r- X5 G& p) H3 x" Q
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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7 \4 v; @- Z7 q6 ]http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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; f9 a0 U% Y1 T: T" k) |) o% Whttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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/ t' R7 @1 y4 G/ [% }/ Ysouthwestern 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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) V4 |' f" U# s6 e$ ` o6 VResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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" D3 J1 ]4 E6 |( |Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET' e8 A3 T- C0 S. Y' |6 C. _6 N
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: z- E% e& U4 @4 I! P9 S" `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.8 \( K% _; }3 a) i( x1 @/ ]. Q
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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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0 D& D1 G$ E% @- B. [1 P* mIt 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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"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."9 ~4 J) r) Z2 s* a/ e8 |) M
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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.* ], \$ }- [. U2 J
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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.
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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."" j2 a, p4 u6 Y/ Y
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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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.5 f# p+ O/ Z7 M# @3 D
' y) w7 p2 N8 S; w4 q9 J"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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3 }2 T( k: Z; q6 g9 fFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window. ]" W& W0 V& }% Q2 g( s& u
, v; Y% e0 S3 Z- wThey 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.8 q3 s1 k: b. D. x5 l1 C, v+ v
& L9 _' M1 x7 a5 n0 y7 \" u2 ^3 g4 i9 ^"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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$ B# s( c) e3 [1 m& p6 R- _4 K5 JOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.4 j) o; U5 B; ^0 A+ j6 g
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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.+ m2 J s% t3 Z3 h, A" z
% s0 ~; X2 ^9 S% B1 o; {: iCoulson 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.5 E4 \0 c1 n* @# E. n
4 s+ q& A1 E- }; [6 Q"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., a1 @ u0 b- P3 d8 X
7 g/ y& n2 `3 VDue 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. 5 j j l$ B$ `! g8 m" H
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. . o ^9 [: v9 f1 j* Q7 p
7 F1 x7 h8 H. E8 ?' d! `% n4 O6 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. ) v( h P% w8 f$ p
) O, h8 K, B7 C/ f# I; V& k7 {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. * S" @6 j9 W6 j- ?" \! a
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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. 5 q$ i% Y4 ~# ]$ B
7 v7 M' n. o2 u" _"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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