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thank you for the news, 7 T* C$ k8 D( z3 c( u! C" o
i have some news from toronto too...
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: N0 p7 Z& `( W+ z9 {toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
- K- `: q& W$ z+ p3 kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.3 _; ~9 N. P, b6 y3 J
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado( C8 N# S3 `* X' k! T4 F
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) e& X! j" u/ N0 Cthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.! o2 x- d, l2 Q* J! B9 @, x7 ?, C
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 2 j0 p& t$ U6 x/ K5 o. v" x
by: PAUL CHOI 5 k6 H( @: h7 e" L, Q- u
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET2 \+ s" V. y% ? P
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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.
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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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2 l, y U$ r4 q/ Y/ V% I- CIt 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.5 q) t, L4 E* B6 n& P
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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.
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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.3 T# C0 u4 S9 T, g0 G, Z: V
8 L) E- e- ?0 I( x* c"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."
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1 U6 o& A, ^7 IOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand. a/ o; {9 w h+ w- s: V; P
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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$ g& K8 `# S T! k"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."5 u. q' H# \6 p. R& r
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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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! e( m4 s+ d' s" B! U7 PThey 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.) Z. ]4 F' a7 [. X0 X( k
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"$ Y% X3 B2 X" j1 D% c8 @. V8 i
9 j6 ^4 F6 x$ \1 n+ LOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.$ n3 v8 n* |6 o# P/ ]/ H0 o" y- ?
1 L3 h. k# X# E8 R* _# rAided 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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+ C: H9 p6 D4 _, F3 S" P& R5 zCoulson 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.+ d3 P! e4 {# Z
2 w/ j- ? w) m: 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.
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; s/ h! D q, iDue 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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9 x5 ]% \* y/ ?( dThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ' | Q' |& `1 H" z
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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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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9 |1 q) F# s& t' U' V"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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6 |+ z P1 h3 P9 E"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.% ], P4 V1 r* K: D
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