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) r: _$ z K4 Q4 J8 q" Z8 rthank you for the news, 0 t9 Q* S9 g$ [% B
i have some news from toronto too...
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/ V* z8 S5 a: ? Jtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
# u+ m+ h6 J* C+ Q6 t# K% lthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday./ p* O5 V2 B( n' Z; g
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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, E) Y& ^* _/ `; q3 C' d+ J+ O2 z9 uhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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' a# M+ I8 _+ w, Csouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado( [, L# p2 z: f K- M! b8 L$ \( S
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0 u( ?/ @9 y* Wthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.- K& O c+ |4 d$ J3 t4 n$ L% \$ d, o& P
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6 N, V( x2 U* Q, nResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.
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! v9 k6 ?! X ~7 Z& bThe 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.. m# M. b( M' F' g
, T5 {* H0 N% c1 Q: @+ _9 p/ I1 xIt 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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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.& W. [7 w1 d& s9 Q
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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.# g) O8 n% |4 m; O' o& f
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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."! r# d1 |6 d, }
; S# ?. s* ~9 c) T/ kOn 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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! g( Z# @2 s! p$ P. `0 bAmidst 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."" v3 i: i# q8 P) K0 U
w# c0 w0 b: V7 `! JFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.8 l; G- W a! a1 L' Y
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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.; p f- E' Y# I8 F; G H, _
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"- c' i: B% q( Q. {9 u
! A2 x/ x% f! b6 XOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.% }8 h' z+ g5 o9 {- }+ ^6 T
: C0 U& h# r, v" u" g b+ D! C. RAided 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.
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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.* f' k$ _5 v8 t0 Q1 s7 L
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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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; F( P" v& r/ P1 J1 L mMeanwhile 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. 0 [$ _3 O' K5 q+ u3 l$ c9 q9 Y9 D3 k2 l
$ N3 M+ x) @0 a5 B& l* wDuring 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. ' E4 G/ m' f' ?. t* E: `8 T3 |" u
3 L. v4 W( A* e2 y3 r# t, H* q2 PBut 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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