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thank you for the news, 1 i# {( ]- n2 h2 X2 h K0 a, h. D
i have some news from toronto too...
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0 N% \6 O0 I; N7 r5 wtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.. a4 A7 K r; f4 `7 ~! j4 N0 I4 `3 _
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.7 }. }; o6 w9 ~$ v! J6 ~+ Z& X
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg2 U+ ?, {7 b7 Q1 J$ X; _
$ P* d+ Z6 B0 x- Z9 }$ _! Khttp://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_storm_050819.jpg+ Y1 F" i8 q6 D
6 U( y# r, O/ V, r/ r, C* U) ^http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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8 N7 S+ `$ Z1 y& X. |southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado+ O- j2 P X" i
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# [4 I( C* k" F: i+ \; h" ?4 t. ~the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.) b* u* p7 W) j$ R, G
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( |% t4 s# P" w$ t- r/ }. m3 vResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado & k- e5 I4 `2 u3 L3 k5 \- K$ T. R
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET M7 M5 R2 b; K, d( v+ d w
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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.7 ] B- t5 v# {- M+ J
/ g' s7 S |5 |# K; x1 {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.! w- i& t: |$ k6 E7 \; }7 x
0 a( h9 X s, V5 T. {( yIt 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 F2 W' W% h; k7 y
9 o: O: X( l' \+ D% U7 V3 k5 C8 w"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."# y o8 ?! y3 h; q1 v+ D
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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.. S8 E( v- @ }7 k
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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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# g$ g3 \; I+ R' c"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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- _, g5 c+ w R/ P
5 D1 a# G0 U% D$ ?0 J1 }"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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8 J) b' y8 @% L5 Q# W3 dFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.2 e# j9 {$ d# B; H
3 ~3 ]7 c% T1 rThey 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?", h7 d9 w3 [) D
/ H: K! r* Q# v$ WOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.- }9 o7 m# [1 t) f! ^0 s: L
6 z, Q0 i6 I" x' @* m$ lAided 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.9 z s1 R( [4 J0 w" j5 @3 G
4 u2 V, g6 Q0 _/ t. BCoulson 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.2 b4 V" h$ B, A* B3 R) E" [) T0 {
! a* T" o' P/ C& U* I"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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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. + I) i Z. {; ]6 [+ Z& ?
1 D( k+ ]' ]4 h7 T F/ z* ^3 ]The 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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- e* J3 F$ S' }4 b+ N7 kDuring 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. 5 f1 N+ \& q6 r# n B9 z
6 u+ E+ ]6 _: X8 w9 [But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 5 V& h, ~4 u0 ~1 R2 q. u
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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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4 ?2 P) f) o4 S"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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