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/ _+ N( o6 [ U- xthank you for the news, ! Y' {' P# W3 i/ H4 \
i have some news from toronto too...8 n4 D9 s+ ?, b* ~6 B, ?7 F8 ?
5 f; o1 y6 B8 d. m" G' L+ K" Y. dtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!." l' B% z! F2 ^
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://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_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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$ P4 U1 @! E0 o2 U3 t( c% I7 dResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado " e# e# P5 y" G2 X. B# ?, O% i/ I
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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./ f( H6 y, U4 U- G4 Z# S6 s; N
8 U# j6 s2 g9 E4 V5 [# AThe 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.4 w3 E( B# y, w4 E, L. q( R g
' q2 ~: M0 F! ]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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"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."+ f9 V# O. j6 N3 g
1 s1 g' V+ e* @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.0 X) B& R( Z X- ~1 b0 W
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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.3 W& J6 b1 G. u6 J
; ]/ F% r, z. R# c: n"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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7 E+ l% n2 F' K$ mAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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# u2 L9 e2 u5 u. h1 E" O V0 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."& D: A4 x! `6 s# ]; u7 t
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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.. h& K8 I X- r* \4 m
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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.
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"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.
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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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4 X9 ]" {+ Q* u9 {- ]' pCoulson 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., P9 D: F! |7 z
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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.7 m, g9 Y) q" h- I
+ g9 @* L$ [+ x9 {* P, e+ tDue 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. w3 t* P# `" ]
# o* Y; u: I" F2 G$ p1 hThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 1 l- R3 Y: Z% d9 a( O9 P" m7 }
6 x0 H# O/ N( f1 L3 FMeanwhile 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. # Q# w( W I. e, ~* l
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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. C/ K" [- b" I6 z: v, a8 Y
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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9 o5 t5 V4 T; h, p( \7 z( v"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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& j" M' `* a5 y"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., ^) e+ [# }- q9 W
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