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# u5 x) o8 ?" n( T, [! I$ E9 Wthank you for the news, " f+ P: i" P+ A. y9 L2 f. Q8 r8 ~ \0 V
i have some news from toronto too...
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9 k# R: D+ n: i. A: A' ~. Itoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
# M( Y$ a# I5 c1 q6 {$ |; Lthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.4 [; u1 s" I$ ?5 ^
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 {/ E/ F2 w, D5 w& rsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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+ h" c1 P8 ^. I! ^the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.5 H6 m& p- T, y( H. T/ J& {! F
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4 G5 U! u+ Z ~6 h1 ]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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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.: l' b4 U$ {9 B' H7 \
: v |% H# r _3 f/ y5 L$ \5 O9 _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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" e* Y9 @7 e7 B, oIt 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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% `" p6 R' i* _"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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, B8 m( W* I/ n7 C% b2 Z5 |$ VA 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."* a* N8 _5 p" ]& @' \3 M7 C) I
! D& U* M" d5 @& N+ _0 ]On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.7 \( \& i) ?3 x& W! y7 n
1 y! U& N& P: BAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.! I: f4 q* ?8 q4 ]
4 x6 P! C/ z7 B/ O1 q2 ]"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."
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9 m3 |8 Z( b6 |. U2 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.
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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.! C( Q0 q, u( [2 J' h
K8 `( n1 O3 D% b8 Y/ }"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"1 k' I$ Q* O# y* V. ~( x
# T: m( {3 ~ t$ `1 v% L( uOfficials 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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3 M% \, t; R) `# hAided 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.' [8 A {" X$ x
+ m5 a. u- d+ k"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. , g9 o8 |- W' X7 {
+ G( w. V: G* N6 u; ]The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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.
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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. ) J" t$ ^- N, ?% `. Y4 \
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. . |, ]0 Y! ^! i0 f5 w
, h7 n4 d4 ?2 r0 u2 ^"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.# [5 w0 r2 x$ R7 @
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