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thank you for the news, ' Z8 `6 g7 t( x
i have some news from toronto too...# t) j+ ]* [+ P
2 D/ a/ L% l$ ^, |2 Ntoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
- g. _- S/ M7 @9 x- Z& Zthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.6 g; w2 v7 y0 F4 R' T+ A3 A# D( `
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- B5 T7 T+ t3 G/ c) z* d& h5 c5 K ghttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg7 ~1 p/ R/ x/ N7 ~4 Y
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.0 q q6 {1 b" E% M! w9 |7 R
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& u0 T/ V# Z* F) j% eResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 7 I' v& p! `* p
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET( _6 h/ q$ y- n& P# ~- I. H0 Y
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( }" Y, L7 G' A5 Y; A) KTORONTO (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.# W# r5 y* q' t
$ R- D& r# g" X3 LThe 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.( Z/ I( N2 F- T/ M4 M$ ?5 }: a# t
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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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* M3 l+ o- b1 I$ J# `"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. o) y/ i4 e8 MA 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.; T' r, x+ S( ]6 d( S& A$ ?$ F2 v
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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.5 e1 r ]' G5 A7 { E
8 z0 _3 d0 }2 X& w6 b- p2 ["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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: z6 ?* ?: d5 q9 XOn 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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1 H1 [! {$ ^, Y- L; \Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.$ D1 k, a2 ^- L# t9 p2 K
2 o/ G: E3 W! 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."2 v+ z; ]0 w2 T1 p
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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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1 ^) c0 k) [" a" W4 [1 s& AThey 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.- T0 k1 h( V* _
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". K2 X# b( I* L! }; j
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Officials 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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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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5 ^& I. M/ Y+ k' ^6 k; {5 b1 cCoulson 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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! N& S9 w+ p* q! _ W* d"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. ' {! W; \& x8 @% ?2 X# j" [1 `
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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% x2 } \# T; I2 }5 a2 m7 PMeanwhile 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. ) w; B" I N5 w6 |- d: o3 J
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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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4 U; p, Y: _; d) w9 m1 VBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. f% B6 P) c& H6 Z& X9 K$ b
9 y6 J( A0 }3 y5 h a"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. 0 f2 S0 S9 U7 Y
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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.
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