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5 K1 @/ O& b" } R' A. d- N6 Sthank you for the news, : n* E; c7 z6 Z
i have some news from toronto too...5 ?, _6 M. `( b
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
0 X" R7 ^3 K) i9 T1 dthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday., T, P- k; K8 Z
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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7 ^: o1 f9 N1 T9 Thttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado7 R0 G+ e, x; P( @9 b2 ~
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. h( d/ u, s, m5 y8 G+ Y% t( ~2 G
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+ B( M& G6 F% I& |3 UResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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9 u4 e' L2 L7 \# ]- iTORONTO (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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1 T- B$ C4 z, z+ E7 \1 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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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.% C7 N, O9 T/ k6 Q
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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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" y& z. R; t$ e( v. }4 v, XA 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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2 H# i. ]+ v' E, K7 f" r! {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."- a, h* Q$ h9 N, \* i* R
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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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.4 _! g- _) Q/ D) g3 q* b
4 C# k9 i7 N+ C" g"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."/ h8 k6 {2 ~6 u0 O* O
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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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They 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.9 T3 E, u! P& i& g4 M4 h
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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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, t+ B [8 G5 X, H2 [! nCoulson 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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+ d! d$ O: V, M: m8 J8 i"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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6 t( g, \( d8 w6 e" NDue 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. 6 }% C% M! U( \9 x& L0 M
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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. r; M# j8 ]- v" `' n i
! m& c6 n9 Y0 v, D9 ADuring 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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: {7 [ J" B1 s6 {2 X: G: ?But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 0 m/ h5 b! r5 F
: P2 j1 v5 W$ a0 I5 i% N"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. # O5 I, e; t) _5 W; I: U
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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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