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% d5 M' `* f& j- C! \thank you for the news,
$ j9 f7 H% m; G/ b# D0 z! Si have some news from toronto too...( s# G; o' f$ c# u1 I0 ]
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
' S+ U+ @6 V) X! f+ r0 uthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.( I' c# u5 s$ J: E: {
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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3 b. L `* ?3 Nsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado& s4 M, P0 C7 S& n* Y+ M
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% T6 {5 m. b+ y0 q0 Q' ^the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado : n- _9 c& @8 P( P: `
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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.# `, O( R" f! G, A8 c
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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.* e6 h( c9 j! M1 R! S$ a
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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.7 C2 U4 X. ^4 E6 }/ k
- R& J5 }' F0 t6 K/ d4 U"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."; _1 N3 H1 J& K$ F- `9 |- }
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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./ p4 A& Y; i0 ]2 r: `
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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.; f5 t; I) X2 r0 ^* T
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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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.4 V, S9 x$ l. w; j& U% ~; c( ?
; w. n- H1 m$ wAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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+ s- }# d6 }& k( x) j g! ?- N"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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* R( q2 B7 I+ e; k% sThey 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. M% n& l7 O- T2 H' ]3 f( G7 b
) P' d0 Y9 m/ S1 N3 M8 l1 k"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"" }- W4 ?9 `, Z
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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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2 u+ Q. V. y9 h3 t' I6 Y0 @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.0 G# ]2 x- G5 h% @- g9 D, l2 }
; H% K# D3 u. ?0 X# t"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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( c6 ]0 Z( h# u$ Z- x6 gDue 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. $ s) {' L& G& T- q- U) J
+ x$ Y$ u, x# S' g3 O- x6 X+ wThe 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. 3 b6 j9 h3 X! V: _- X2 D+ _
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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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: Z. O: U; Y2 U9 s' y) l. s"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. & X2 C3 G* x( g+ Y. ~* {: W
( X+ Z$ X) P) K0 D- H+ z9 h"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.- I2 w! j6 Y6 ^1 T* z& n5 a
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