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* S2 s2 X" q, P4 Q/ j4 {7 t4 Zthank you for the news,
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.& e& T; d- T6 X7 s$ O& v* N
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.# [+ D2 p, g0 N7 K, J( C9 c
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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2 r5 ?8 |; |/ c7 i- l4 O. chttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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5 E2 H5 i7 c; R3 ssouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado( I4 C% }# o1 b' S; D: m$ |" x
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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+ k' u4 L# L" ]7 w7 N/ L) {5 _. g2 |Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ' S7 G" i: w! d5 i0 [( }% }7 r% P
by: PAUL CHOI ( [0 P! M( E3 y# U- a |1 \
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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.) g% T( s; M% P- k$ V% k
% R, M3 g% V V; M' z: j1 @4 ~/ AThe 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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* }. K1 j6 M/ a# r+ m. `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.( j8 a! n* M% g& x# n! L8 [1 {2 l
, w/ N) f6 A' [4 O"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."$ s$ J* X5 U1 K1 u' ^
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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.6 ~( E7 D+ l2 P% I& `' M
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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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+ W3 t4 u% w3 c- ] X"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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.8 s* \% d. X; W# G: [9 q$ O+ H% z. ]3 R
; A/ h' h: E0 L( ~+ Z9 rAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.% s! h! X$ `7 r9 `. R4 r3 H O5 y. n
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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."; U4 t% T; R" T1 | S% n
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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.# J2 }6 A7 k0 a" X i
+ s! W$ e2 x. e* }7 e! C$ q/ j* LThey 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.2 B9 Q+ }3 O; M
7 `. ?$ ]9 G; H' F! f! S; y: b' M"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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4 Q' W9 ^( J0 ^- G; A+ [# bOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.5 } z# j2 ^2 ^& d, ^( g
. k* v2 M: q Z8 ~4 H' OAided 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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2 q1 N! F9 k7 I1 R- u8 z) FCoulson 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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s- V- X/ V6 D: [, O"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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. 1 I( e+ J# p! {% M6 A
$ w) U2 d0 T& b$ V5 i) C; bBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. # H N" n+ U* l, H
/ _9 D( @% x& x0 _' C: p"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. 8 Z* T, Z m! D. R$ o' C0 ` y
' z' I2 p% u( M3 _3 r"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.: R& g9 n7 k% d. K* }5 b
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