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$ Y7 a# E& F6 D7 u# mthank you for the news, # r( c( t5 n7 w5 j* c6 `! ~
i have some news from toronto too... ^5 z) k# Z4 O5 K" H/ q8 O
4 N5 a3 C! M) O6 j6 Y$ _0 Vtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
) m9 \; `7 _% `these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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" R, Y$ y% s: k4 |; Y) h0 K4 yhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado8 `0 Z. \) ^1 J3 _
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.& h% x; e- j; @( f* r
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Residents 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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0 b' q; @% v3 Q$ QThe 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.
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3 G8 Z( `+ @' `; @% M! c"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.: M% h+ ~7 {& Z" E1 k
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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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$ h$ ?* t% k5 O0 f" D: BOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.6 H+ C- q: ]) @' }
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ Y$ c" A7 ~! ]8 B
" i6 O+ E6 D, z o H"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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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.) ^- Z% r' Z& K) l6 C
7 ~' L8 A- A' x0 U# @"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 g5 A4 _9 p& G' d8 l# P! m' N
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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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) x1 Y, d/ v$ d9 z& s* C( }2 S3 lCoulson 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." I5 ?! x0 a' M) |+ v; l
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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. `* P: u- L* S9 E* ]/ L* R; y# U
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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. ' l$ r9 N2 w) Y- s; n5 Z$ @9 p
@* X% a2 T u$ {9 {7 ~7 UThe 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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6 ^1 |0 O4 L+ ~! T) M3 vDuring 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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g; B% }+ @- i' N$ L8 SBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ' d6 t8 i! i: c, f: D0 V
6 z5 b: A) j0 Z e1 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. ) x% i; ]" V o9 C
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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.$ Q& L0 C! s2 W9 z( P f5 ]. O9 D1 ?
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