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thank you for the news,
1 A1 d `0 r* Di have some news from toronto too...9 y1 E* ]% ]9 o- [! `, g4 J# ^( L
4 N* b8 D w: \3 ktoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
& m' g$ D( U5 H2 o; ^0 l ?5 Vthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. E( B8 u( H2 z2 Q0 t1 b
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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3 {6 [: p! i/ ]$ Z- K' X; Fsouthwestern 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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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado - m% `/ E7 [. h: t# }$ }
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.1 w: e4 C4 p) R$ O$ S7 m1 b' @
3 Q! {' I* o# d* f; f7 X$ WThe 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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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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- z1 N2 V9 |% G) ?2 s"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."- n1 f7 W" t" a3 W$ J
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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.
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, P( d- P. W8 q L2 w3 Y4 }' }* Y, `; J5 pElsewhere 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.0 }" J9 j$ X9 m! u( O/ D
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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."2 U- ~0 y" Z6 |3 a G
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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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8 H: N5 ^3 f: f4 g"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.": O; v1 ^; S* Q( U* t( k
- b4 S6 P8 D5 bFergus 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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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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: |/ w7 j0 T5 V( J1 C/ a5 U: s"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 B4 n" F R3 t s, G2 ^0 B; Z
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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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- G9 o' z( i; C$ b8 pAided 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., b/ T m, ^& W* r* M( U1 P
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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.3 u( o5 \* k5 N& e! w3 A
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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. R1 x" f$ G+ Z+ a% q. o% r6 Z8 P
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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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5 L$ i( s1 i* I5 k4 C1 c8 c: P! ]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. 0 U% ]) I) w: k8 b
+ A8 `4 b. B" ?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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"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. , [4 I3 c9 K7 u/ H- S
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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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