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/ F) y/ A o$ Z$ c0 xthank you for the news, , V" w5 H- r q. ~, J
i have some news from toronto too...
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6 l3 R* Q4 ]& Dtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
% P) i6 z ~$ t- dthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg; S+ C) k; `4 q2 ^
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5 P3 w, R* ]. i" {southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado$ {% C; L, V' k- f7 b
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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2 s* e4 w B: i7 B& t2 O {Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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1 n: e7 A# c. K3 v. C; w1 L3 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.( O# e9 w' t; G+ j
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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.; a; d0 C" M; _8 V" i
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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." `/ r0 I% H2 A0 _
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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.") q* A) ]- f1 g$ J
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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." K8 o3 n: q0 v
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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."8 _! ~9 h0 ^0 M0 G1 g% O
, w# G; i7 t" E, iOn 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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.! U C& b V, R5 t8 Y3 M4 B4 w
# t$ U0 A2 X. m! @, P) Y"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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# G1 O0 x3 [2 O8 I, u9 IFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window., G5 A+ D# P+ @& `3 o* S) O" U: d* A
' p8 A0 j8 ]& D; R' N. j$ S: c! HThey 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.1 F9 c9 ?. e5 h( i+ S
; L7 [: c' H+ C2 e"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"" g7 Y8 N) N K* @5 V7 X( \
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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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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.7 Z6 J9 Y- n$ {8 P$ r% Q* V
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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.$ V/ K" l) d$ @* h6 u- W
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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. c" u& ]; `3 U8 T6 v3 q; ]
, O, {3 A; c6 K0 j) }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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"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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0 i8 U, [% W R- x* r: T; [, h; a2 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.1 D& n, F+ W' v4 g2 L
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