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# A7 V9 ~; S9 \' M, b9 cthank you for the news, , Y# j9 r$ h9 M, U, l, B5 @
i have some news from toronto too...
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9 t, d. v" {/ p- r, v" itoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: q$ m8 O3 t6 }' B7 K
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.# I- S# P* r) K7 e' ]6 o! \+ [
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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N( @$ |) f; p4 Nsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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; G# B% `7 i/ D5 n, i1 {1 {the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.0 i6 b# @$ |# ^
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. k. q# q# Y! `6 {5 R& rResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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2 {1 b- G. ?4 E6 zSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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! X- e; @, f( m" O0 pTORONTO (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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% y) a, c# D2 b6 EThe 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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9 N0 U3 ~+ S$ pIt 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.' \( t8 ^ Y% {4 L4 z
. V! h0 _/ T- H& O6 g) U* y' K"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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. i; L0 G0 [) s0 R7 {: ]( ]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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- \4 r; b. f1 Z9 r1 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.' b! c9 \' u3 R# ?) c- R& Y
8 a; T8 t, K4 q! ^"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.", @6 m6 z7 X6 H
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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.
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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."$ T9 ~' W- D; F0 K, I; _* R
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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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0 J' P8 P/ P5 k- S1 DThey 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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: q: [2 R3 ~7 G5 h9 z"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.+ V' t* ^, y4 t
g' f# x& T$ q. V; X2 {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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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.' D; s; V! l6 r# W- f
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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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" F- T& U& Q; I/ f: V* sDue 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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8 ^ o' p o3 [( {, v$ @4 gThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ; z$ o$ j6 T/ B
6 N/ N9 [. u# e9 XMeanwhile 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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. : V8 F2 V, C# R) H% S# x( Y. L
$ n" t& t) A2 Z t8 D5 _, l) g"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. % T5 {$ I" \3 G6 Y
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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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