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+ Q, S0 x0 b- t6 `- Xthank you for the news, $ H7 D) H/ S/ t' }* _. }! M
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
: t+ n& L4 L% a% @( lthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.3 ]. Z9 Z" u9 M
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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: _* C& T- @9 b, q8 u" F6 khttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg( ~ V( g4 J! N4 b: @
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado0 d' H4 k+ M4 l
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+ E/ a4 I3 I( i$ [the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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& M4 n9 \$ X# i q) DResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado " D1 E ^$ P) z: n! g) B+ ?6 f
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9 F) X, `9 d# t& c) q6 m2 y6 }, `+ vTORONTO (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.# A, k% N! g- L! L, ^ ?' R4 K
3 e- E# g* t9 {+ U' X, Z0 RThe 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.1 i; b v$ Y9 B
( J1 w* _4 e& _9 o- Z9 ZIt 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." l* T& C9 u; j# P% ?
' S2 _8 u# {4 p8 E; z"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." J/ {: _) f+ `3 m, K* l* A m
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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.* A: t" z7 ?2 l) J
: G8 r1 C2 v: N3 ]; k"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."; W$ ~5 K3 } x
" g) n. t: Q5 |( \8 ~3 @ S( N7 POn 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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/ s, c$ s( h/ v/ w5 rAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said. w0 K9 h; H$ D: i, F# P' _) h" L
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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."" @7 }. {* S# i: q! 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.
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* m2 z( n# ]8 M; ~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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* O1 t" J# w) FOfficials 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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5 D: a% P6 r/ u9 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.: M7 M, t. m; n! X
- ]1 c. d. U9 h7 r5 [( C"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.* p0 {/ R7 J/ t( U8 o
2 _ Z8 ^& ?6 t8 o* n8 uDue 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. , a5 {, t; l5 q; v1 s' X
9 M1 [7 {8 g8 ?, E, G( [The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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! _8 R* m2 D0 e' vMeanwhile 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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/ v) t- D ^- Q! bDuring 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. * O' `' y, P, q, t9 s( f
% ]: a% f$ ?& {7 Y" g! E/ oBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 5 q- v9 H; J# S; J
$ y- m) n2 N* k6 j/ C. K"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. " \3 Z4 G; P/ u/ u/ w
. ]! ~# \/ V* B6 Z"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.( L% d5 b: L7 D1 }" e- z8 W
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