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: ?# G( H! z9 z, f, l3 v: G& }" R# C& ?thank you for the news, ( b' T# P2 T$ }) Y
i have some news from toronto too...; J1 P6 {# p) j6 h
F3 X4 T2 P4 ttoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
3 R# s) ?* H( }& {0 i1 mthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. b: Q3 a7 t2 d, M. U5 s% j
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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1 T; m9 Y* P" @/ d2 }! ]southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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1 w: T3 d6 [$ H& _9 ` w" N, z; e2 Hthe 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% T, k p/ g$ z5 _$ f
by: PAUL CHOI , v* z- C. E. `* N
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.
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6 `" S- q3 y, GThe 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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/ h% Y3 R; V' F! J; e" b: XIt 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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! G4 d) A! l' @8 D( v7 H( E* l"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.0 `1 K1 b" L! k$ @, p- c7 J* M
% Z2 a; z+ H3 w/ e J1 i8 O) ?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.- q# J+ p$ F$ h. e1 \% v( F
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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.": m2 W9 M3 m' A7 a" `" \
k! W( C, S0 S/ }( l; G$ fOn 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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. w( E5 t) {% P& E/ a C& d4 bAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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2 P+ o" a- {/ t1 [5 d" Y( y"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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' J* @5 E& i9 u ?. ^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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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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Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.. z7 g3 Q8 }4 ]* a8 ^$ {
4 Y+ i4 l7 [2 K6 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.9 \( J/ v( f$ ? N. E6 l
9 I' y, |+ }+ u; B' j/ kCoulson 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.% f4 ]3 c9 A+ s
" q4 f0 X2 x$ ]' H"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.1 J( W( H3 n. ^8 N; C2 q
) F# N( Y D/ G W: r% ~9 F8 @) hDue 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. 5 Q6 I U/ b& a! d1 l; J
a, ]6 D$ S$ _9 V' kThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. # ~- V& T: V, q( {
' I8 ~' k; F: q- o, 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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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. # S2 F+ H+ _2 f. Y
) K8 W( E G' mBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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5 L8 K# ?8 v. w& r" B"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. 9 q2 e5 V) w5 c' a! G J
7 ]! o+ W$ P3 l4 ~- q"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.# ], e2 o+ f7 q! P# q+ a8 k
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