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* F7 J+ \+ G- b. mthank you for the news,
# B) [7 T4 z$ E. y( Ri have some news from toronto too...
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; }& z1 R: {% |9 _ \+ v7 W4 G4 Ctoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
* t/ R8 l5 Z' i' kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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" F" k0 O y i" p6 }7 ]- rhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ' p/ u5 Y) _1 m) K ?3 r2 I- \# _
by: PAUL CHOI
$ Q) s" v" o7 QSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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& m8 T* b" }0 ~$ \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.' B& A% u, K: w4 V& R. [
6 ?0 S) Y# A: c2 {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.0 Y) q* @3 o4 t; `
' \8 ^& Q- J% W9 |/ d! f0 }+ L0 m8 `4 d5 n# 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.
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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."
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, D( }, f- r9 YA 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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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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"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."% ]0 H2 T1 j' \5 L4 c0 f. S
6 N4 J; Q7 ?, e) q( ~( h2 @" z4 V! oOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.) n9 a7 B0 |; T9 p1 G g1 c/ u
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.) r6 ?3 o% h* \6 f0 a- k- Y
! M8 }9 w; P9 h0 Q3 R: Y0 o# { O"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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9 I3 N& N4 ^; A, vFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.3 S1 q( @/ P2 ^# I+ m h) W
, K0 S- f9 v2 Q% v- a' jThey 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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0 p# i* n2 S8 Q7 l"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"7 g4 `" h# @2 C2 D& }
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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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% Q5 k. c" u6 [: L; k5 N: ^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.+ G, A8 r1 O/ v2 i8 G
- o7 P$ e1 r5 A8 iCoulson 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.5 z# f/ ~* Y) x' Y. S
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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.2 p% v- `# Z' Z* y# B
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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. ; q6 Q% T0 K) ~- e& i7 r/ Z. D
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 0 H9 V( y- C2 H% n8 |+ H5 r
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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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1 ~. \9 z% K+ }& S5 a$ aDuring 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. 2 L8 c# d) z5 a& A, e) q z
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. + B8 A- l k: ^8 ]& P5 [4 L
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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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