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thank you for the news,
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.. j T' M! O& K' E" ?
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.9 |" W3 L: a. ?( x) [
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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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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; q0 s1 h' Z% qthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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* ~3 ^$ }1 R) a& t0 E# N5 DResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado m) p: {7 B; y7 B7 e& J
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* ]0 R, g7 q5 i0 HTORONTO (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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+ W; L1 ]! `0 P+ _, S! C& P, sThe 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.# l. i& N1 d% y% _& A, Z
, J1 x* n, }0 M% W/ JIt 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.% i$ t$ x, |" x7 a: n: e1 t6 c
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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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5 Q! s( ^9 H N" LA 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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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."2 g8 F) Z! q3 w
; w" g% r* |& \- Z! n+ x Q8 i& W. `2 oOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.$ q6 g# e* j0 V
* P5 T0 z* ?! c1 F AAmidst 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."
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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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7 ` r$ ?" s! k: I2 b/ ZThey 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.! v7 f2 @ [1 ^: [3 F4 d
7 B9 }, W* ]7 C$ Q9 b/ u"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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8 p7 y2 V% ~+ sOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.; r1 V% K$ ?7 N! _0 R
3 U9 r! f6 D9 j! [& Z: BAided 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. `1 @, J. L- r8 S
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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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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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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. ; a) y7 \$ e$ `9 ~# @5 t
. g- V1 _# V6 W" m$ Z$ [/ f1 D) }But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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% S& Z5 z. m" U8 a! e3 M5 G"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. : F# g2 |# V$ h8 y l- N
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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.+ \8 V3 C& S" o$ Y' r% Y" K# V1 Q5 Y
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