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thank you for the news,
- _" K4 B7 @) _+ Ki have some news from toronto too...- Q6 s) n9 |: k
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.6 d$ N( q, c5 s1 |* J$ L
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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. w% \, i i1 q( \3 chttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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; t1 F1 @/ |) \3 Bthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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, Z/ I' A" q$ ^+ HResidents 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.
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8 u3 ]' ]: W$ V1 L1 f8 ]8 _8 fThe 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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It 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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1 H& G4 g# P( u2 i( x: C) }% S8 s"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.
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1 [1 ~, u5 P& B: Q; k' [& U8 D s. \# SElsewhere 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.& b& n' p+ p: D+ }3 ?8 k
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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."2 ~$ d/ x4 M O H0 M- R0 q6 j
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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.8 o7 v! y' X7 P
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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0 S$ P- i! w; }% m1 g D"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."3 M y: x! Z+ O& O- C/ ]* X
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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.6 I9 M& N# v8 u6 H
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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.0 `: e+ ?8 B8 ~/ \
' z7 n4 \' C, C: l"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.; u8 h) j7 N; ]
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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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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./ T* m/ f+ Y0 [; y
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"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.. R' L6 o4 a8 X& _1 C
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 9 X" Q% a$ Y, x' | L& [
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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. 4 V+ K N5 G' p
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3 M) d/ ~/ F" I1 ?9 O2 b: s1 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. / d4 C" d% V% Y4 B8 E; {9 S: A
" M% f8 i# W5 ?/ Z* v9 z" L"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 R' o `* D1 }6 `; B/ g9 c) G5 W
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