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2 {0 P+ I1 W8 H# h( d1 Othank you for the news, , q/ Y# Q' T6 C& Z7 x1 h& j
i have some news from toronto too...- i7 L" D8 U! X; Y% F0 M
6 g: G) _, l3 A$ U8 A$ ctoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
- ~$ M; ~8 D! \8 N8 O! @- c! Othese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.. E" B9 l( V$ U0 W# T
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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$ Z6 [. Z6 ~4 O; }* Xsouthwestern 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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7 a. m7 w, x0 `+ x! {7 h2 ~! ^Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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, U7 `( ?/ H( @Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET' \1 c1 }6 o- w
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( ?( Z9 T6 [! q1 H) R7 wTORONTO (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.; N! M) Y; {& T* s
' E! |9 h t! Q) _# M& 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.) |5 b8 y2 h- o( M. V+ o+ e
) i, N& K; E# l; P1 B, @4 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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"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."$ y, F- o) z1 \3 ~5 s
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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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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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) B8 O1 u7 t9 [6 x5 z$ |"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."
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3 j; U7 u5 p& a8 ~$ {2 I {On 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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& ^* R) T |: s/ H CAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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"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."0 s9 i$ U: Q4 z" s6 J' C3 V
4 V8 |& B+ T$ y: m# ~( X M1 G3 FFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.- v7 Y1 x2 E6 W
, m2 V9 y/ s; k8 c% NThey 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.) N( {) w- t& `( Y
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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.
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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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8 i( y) x8 d7 ]5 y# u& l6 Z7 e% gCoulson 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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"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., z) ?% z" Y3 a6 B1 W
' e( p, Z, K( a! 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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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& v) P* h: |" _8 ~. H% S8 jMeanwhile 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. , O+ l# @; A5 R+ y. [
0 f" U4 f6 u& y5 P0 m; A0 \1 @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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y( {6 I+ F! n5 N+ kBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 9 b( m7 ?% U( @+ P% Z
: b! B S/ P9 u6 C( p! r' O" T1 m"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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- i7 ^) ~( Z' `1 Z! K( d' B. [% 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.
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