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thank you for the news, / q: S* M5 K3 }0 _
i have some news from toronto too...
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0 \2 a' {: W4 i/ l0 G, J+ R( Itoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
6 [: S5 M* f& l; [; V7 y4 Hthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.+ g+ f! t5 I: M& ~" g
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg8 S( _1 ^8 O0 x/ p m+ y
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado/ i8 T: Y7 K" B J* K: @. P/ ?
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& y7 L" C+ S2 D* xthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.8 M$ X) K2 z8 W$ w& @
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 7 h) ^+ e. H: y F7 W
by: PAUL CHOI ' d; M3 i* w1 N% w# f, @" ~7 w
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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$ U2 G: b }) _2 aThe 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.. v) `! |2 O! F x$ ], l
0 K$ ^" z5 L/ d6 d; _9 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.4 o0 m2 o c7 O, x/ M, Z' z! M
% j! m4 c- W/ \* m* ]"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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9 P8 Y2 r | }+ S4 _& rA 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.% L- d$ {8 U) }
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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.* O+ J9 D6 [$ C* ~' r; ~
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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."( Z" n' g3 C5 G4 r7 Y0 M2 w
) O9 _: m8 w1 j% ?% wOn 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.; h+ z/ e, m1 G
$ s$ m! u, p, G' `4 x4 X+ k$ R"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."/ s/ ]/ z) K( M1 c0 B# M3 B! h6 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.: O- X- u. t/ {
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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.5 U! R& {2 S$ c" F; G
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 l8 N; P) g5 i, ^
3 F. [ t: T" w1 ROfficials 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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; Q/ b) @: e7 M$ JAided 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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u3 s8 D4 R% CCoulson 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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( a% j( T' m+ V6 g( S3 L' R"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. Q. }( N( j4 K4 ]% i) E
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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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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* Y/ P+ A( C: A' b' p2 ?; 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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 2 n4 K7 ]6 _! o/ ?. g
2 Z& [9 Y) m! v, X& t"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. 0 W) f5 P# `3 p1 y( c% _0 s; g
7 }! k2 U9 Y( a" ]" l; a0 P; _"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.- _2 b4 q' ]( K
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