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thank you for the news,
) ]. C( E' ?. z5 ?( C5 zi have some news from toronto too...# @8 \0 F! t. R# d2 K. Y
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.4 c* Y8 Q* a. Q* {3 ^* P
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.4 J. f1 ]' ~" C; y4 [5 Z# T, J
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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h% k2 j, u4 U* |" U9 z3 }8 ahttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg: c) v9 }' O9 A+ Q& w
2 M1 [& r7 A# K1 R; g: Y2 Dhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg2 M; b: Q) L5 j" X2 r* H' M
3 Q% }/ S3 p) [, F1 esouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.4 ^5 L1 r2 Z3 ?
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% D# n; v N+ i0 TResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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/ ?/ V4 z5 M9 I9 l& s$ \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.7 M+ o |( a' g* t
* D) d! F/ R! T U& Z- ~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.. M$ V$ h/ j7 b6 y$ a: Y8 w0 W
! N* p; X% K% t: B"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.# I K& s: S5 W" H F+ D% }: ]
2 L# W7 n: R; p( j0 B7 v" s! ` n6 FElsewhere 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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* ~) Q6 `* f2 s: g% a/ 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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4 J+ Q! G$ J3 ~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., y, }/ s1 z& O, H% z
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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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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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" ^$ E# @+ \+ S+ k$ J3 }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% \& n$ g% M" Z# L
7 q2 K# m, j9 Q/ NOfficials 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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$ N n+ I% h+ BAided 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.* e7 \5 V9 l% b0 W: z; v
4 S9 H; ]+ F/ }4 ~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.# B* z: b# E0 n, w! g0 [
" F3 S7 w. l- F: d6 a"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.9 r! ^1 Q( j 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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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. l5 i$ p" E, bMeanwhile 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. 7 K7 @/ g8 C# m7 r
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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. ! j# }4 I( _; }/ e2 i
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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.
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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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