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thank you for the news,
( _! F1 a- r: o% A. B6 ]) B2 {i have some news from toronto too...
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$ d0 ~: N9 E! ?0 T9 h! Itoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
5 A! g6 X4 f: r( P7 W1 wthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.' N6 d2 L; `, k# q# B% U3 ~; R
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.jpg9 R% d6 l8 f H& f3 v, @' t$ o, ]# m
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5 A# a( u8 [* e) K' M: g! Lhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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# x9 ^9 G9 G# n7 i; msouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado' B: |* U$ z, l3 i* ~5 H$ t2 g8 Y
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.* y D: K" h! L, K" ?$ P. G' g! d
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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; r% E. B* p# y* kTORONTO (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. S3 d$ h$ R m3 QThe 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.* r! m* e2 S, Y- t) @4 o+ t5 m* u2 ^
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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.": j3 {( ]0 r2 F. E0 C
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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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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."
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5 t, Q4 ?) k3 sOn 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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v Y7 U9 ?- \% }"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."9 f! |- T3 ?7 a+ T, Q$ d
' R/ J; O# X9 }" s( ?. C, sFergus 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 K2 G- o! v( G. g/ @
- E3 n ?! }) L7 CThey 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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5 H- S/ R3 h5 I- C, @"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"; ~- y9 j, |/ J8 }. }
" _6 X& z* K0 sOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.' y! d; F6 @$ g) d+ n- Y6 H
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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.5 j9 d4 `6 B# g9 a: `
) `0 j6 s5 U, J) Q$ yCoulson 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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6 r: V5 x, s) T5 ]* f"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.0 i4 \( y' e' ?. s2 L
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. % N/ l' e8 l, `4 v% u9 O
& @7 p% U: g& \; h9 C B. b* n' UMeanwhile 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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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* |! g+ p+ G K4 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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"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.+ n# d+ @7 D& C u9 t3 e
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