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% p& O* Q* q8 k% e; Bthank you for the news, ' D( e) r; m' Y
i have some news from toronto too...% s6 f6 ^/ P @$ X3 O) o
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.- d4 y6 F- \/ T6 n |! o* D* ?
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.7 i; c0 d. k3 G! _3 C% B3 G
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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! D4 d* T! \1 v6 _3 V, e% wsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado4 U3 u( o5 j ?/ b
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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3 h8 N) o% P% U2 yResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado + e0 y# M1 W9 t4 _1 L/ i' L
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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.
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; f4 K w) [$ ^' bThe 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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* Z' K6 W, |: S* j+ pIt 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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"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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% X6 Z& L; T& i! k HA 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.
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7 ~3 d1 e0 W2 P2 W" w B1 F7 I4 Z3 Y"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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" E9 P- U5 e* }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.
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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."2 w- j8 k) s ^5 D0 O2 k9 K
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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.
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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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# F# G0 q9 f; [" ]8 DAided 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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" A7 L& b$ b H0 H6 W( a6 U2 O& ]6 aCoulson 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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: B9 Y' X1 r, h' \. b"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.7 b0 s: `1 i( m e! M9 M
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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. 7 ?& y6 l) d A/ {4 ^
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! V: C5 v( G2 e7 @/ U, mMeanwhile 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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. d3 R) B" J; \7 c, H- gBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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1 p0 r' i( q. V& z4 W0 z: [$ @"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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/ Q1 {7 u7 i) Q9 c; _"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.4 L( b3 q2 |3 l5 e3 C
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