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thank you for the news, ! q' g- q) V1 j/ ~# |6 [8 r
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!!!.$ A+ H; i0 L' u, v! Q/ l2 V9 }2 \
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.$ T3 Q3 l/ O4 f: i0 e! [3 Y: g$ Z
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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; f, z, W5 G+ W7 E9 j1 ithe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( q0 |3 j) G' q5 b' J
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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) j8 w$ k' B# I- JTORONTO (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.: E! t1 N( ?0 G- x$ ^6 b
2 {3 \" R$ X g9 i. |" ^4 |, b' h" IThe 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.) Z3 B1 E' h, g% E6 q. k
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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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"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.% s) Q9 S' s+ r4 n& [. V
$ I& I& a! Y/ T9 LElsewhere 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."/ O$ b+ K6 k5 C! p0 K* y# l/ A, ~
! s; l0 r4 X/ e! GOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.: H# a3 S. a5 \5 u3 d3 s6 ]
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ J; a; _6 X' G- Y" b3 k
- e; x) U) l: V7 F( f6 a"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?"% J6 U+ ?) m8 B. c5 ~
* _! C# p/ e1 G, u5 c" @. W, yOfficials 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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! [9 U# x9 @6 V" W* J( CAided 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." |* T# L6 A! t# 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.
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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.4 }* ^( _; r: f' A. i4 w+ Z
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Due 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. $ K `) c' G, m, r
8 o! F' P3 O0 F) {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.
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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. # ?. N8 z5 g) G5 Z# s3 n- Y
1 i/ l: ?' K) C8 b9 i& \But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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6 e) F* ]) {% Y f"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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1 |' w6 R; `* Z, ?) F"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.+ N/ H3 A4 W" F$ a3 z9 i E
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