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5 W3 k, a1 d* w" Vthank you for the news, + o' t& O3 l3 p, A. i# G+ u' k
i have some news from toronto too...
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3 m- h/ M2 Y+ M5 O) F& m Gtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.5 M- X- i7 h1 p- Y
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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2 G4 E1 n- Q; ^2 U, khttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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{0 T# k8 {1 T3 V- H" ?. vsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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& J) E/ k6 r# j: Z yResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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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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.
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6 _) J8 u; [6 SIt 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.% ]3 t" g+ l1 Q% L, E- {: ?
( K3 o; f+ n8 D2 U9 {. w- x5 V"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 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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"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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D0 D2 q, J/ u9 d& W& LOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand. X6 w: q) S) P9 l8 A( [, U: x2 X
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said., d: J, M% j: s6 q1 d3 q1 R
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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."# m3 F' @' n- v4 [
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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.; j$ ?: g! P9 }) U) ]
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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.& K% p& w" G2 K6 \
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"+ w% h1 ]+ g; a7 E! ?# p" C4 |
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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." h" | g3 d8 u* o. I1 O1 x4 w
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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.
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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.# X0 s9 g A$ ]9 j9 B
# \3 d8 z" s- d% y% ~+ w; n$ vDue 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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$ A; b6 O j$ wThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ! U2 |6 h3 C& f' o+ p) q, L
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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. 3 ~8 c1 M- U) h1 A" E
1 x! M) u$ r5 H/ lDuring 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. 7 y0 D- d( \6 }8 o2 x
, z* o7 g; ?0 @5 ~But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. # b0 w2 s. [7 |* `; A$ i
+ E4 { x; f7 I6 H7 Q. i"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 r5 s* W9 _, ?, O4 `
8 V2 O8 S+ l$ }, Q"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.6 ^& z5 R5 Q( f5 {
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