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/ c4 I% z( ^2 r- o" b' |, ~thank you for the news, % k, g- R! t! j1 {8 _) X, r
i have some news from toronto too...
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5 `6 ^4 c% g$ j9 a( I$ }, t/ Btoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.* n6 o7 L# k( ~% L- b8 K* U1 S
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.1 h! u( `) p* b& i9 k" w- B- b! J- b
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( m" I% ~6 X( x/ w, Q% vhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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9 a( Y: Q5 W- I' f* u' |; pthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.) c t( C5 U9 T4 H: ^& ^
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6 @8 d8 L, s6 T6 D. ~Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 y( M- T- n: j" _9 [7 [% O
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0 q) u/ h: E# e7 N$ fTORONTO (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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9 Q' m0 i+ N M/ gThe 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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B2 z# i8 @9 d: I# J5 p6 G0 VIt 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."3 O* O- G8 F- n/ S% x4 B
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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.* m: Z* K1 _: H/ F
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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.: b/ P0 J1 I B( g& a$ r
6 q, _; w$ M' C" m; x; N& z8 i"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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6 E1 L1 P6 D/ e* x" }2 pOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.. U( p- M( X% V+ J4 k! B; i7 v4 m
* |7 u3 [, o2 M, |. y/ g8 UAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.1 |! G( b' ]% q4 ?
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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."
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" [- M# \! ~0 x/ s4 L* k, eFergus 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?"! x' |7 @' }1 M' ?$ \& ^- q
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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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( o) I- e. d9 z5 y. F' aAided 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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6 u. x; X8 Y: s& {: oCoulson 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.
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$ h+ c3 c8 H. K, L r X1 DThe 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. 3 w+ B5 K' h( b3 N8 |; `% x. L
/ \; C9 B! {1 O/ n0 e( aBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. $ ~% Z! s6 T+ ~7 |1 R; Q H; S
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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. % C+ n3 a5 ]6 |$ Q
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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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