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6 M3 t: o9 @$ @% Z+ hthank you for the news,
3 r! ]; D5 n( z# \7 n! bi have some news from toronto too.... P# l% b( \+ Z" a9 q
/ l, b& \# d* _4 F+ L4 L4 c( ctoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.. m" z% W: f" Z8 x. v
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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3 }8 ^$ ]' R8 I% b; V+ `) s* U) Phttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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! y* f, u1 R/ z% T# H5 i& x esouthwestern 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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. ?! T* u( g, z; h1 d; P3 { @0 aResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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: m; T% @# k x8 zSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET, S6 `; j3 u/ n
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( T- b- M" Q: y/ O: A! PTORONTO (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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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.
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, O: F8 f& l$ P" u, i( BIt 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."/ k$ N3 a5 H8 H7 V8 v
+ j* w, {& ]0 [8 DA 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.9 `" ?2 S8 ^! [* U- V- N' B
9 I7 s7 A5 v* G4 [% ~0 k2 EElsewhere 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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' s' X, y- I8 d. H"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."1 p: [6 b8 N* C" C+ y$ Q
3 O9 ]2 q/ u1 D } xOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.3 F: k% a: I* y6 \; `9 L Q" h
7 w3 ]% ] y+ p( k3 T N' a8 EAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.( F4 Z0 b/ z& ]9 e: c& C P
7 i2 A1 W" T6 }4 g9 w"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."! R% N9 C: I; C0 ?: F% |
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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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, z) _" Z- K* [) PThey 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.2 }8 o9 m w/ g6 s# F
+ B5 l: t5 h! l"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" S- P: ?9 V \/ T& [! q9 T# x( R4 Q
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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., _ B0 D$ O- t+ i
) i' k* p* P* s4 W# xAided 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.# ]3 A0 d( q6 I0 V
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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.8 Q% p5 y3 @! f; x3 J: G
9 D* n; [7 J. ]2 T4 W5 U5 X"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.
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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. ' w1 h. u6 C! ^0 G' P: `
. e* c& L9 G# z8 ~7 B* hThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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& f, D0 x( r: B9 K! G. ZMeanwhile 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. 2 `9 X8 z/ V9 X6 V. |# g
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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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& R0 J( S E& \7 l"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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3 A7 ^# z7 ^& Q5 |- a# J' |' V"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.0 B8 [& v9 L& E8 O% z
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