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thank you for the news,
5 M; b7 `4 ?5 K# G9 u; p% Xi have some news from toronto too...
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* {6 l d4 z$ `5 ^" `9 X, Z+ j3 Itoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.! p& @# s9 R$ u$ |% V
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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/ ^) i% B* h. w, t! Y, L' Ihttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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- U P p4 f) Q6 a; lsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado& R* t* ^/ d$ `0 i
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5 }1 X. Z% ]8 m% Q$ Fthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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8 A5 `+ Q& {' o' u6 E' ~Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado : q) }! w( J. s4 {# v
by: PAUL CHOI
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9 G& ~; _. O8 H4 p+ ^& ATORONTO (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.0 T5 {7 ^0 T5 z* B" p/ q
3 r0 T* D5 I2 S+ I! W! _& DThe 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.( |/ B. V1 ^1 X0 u9 E
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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.* A/ \% j; K3 w& O3 `, m
$ d& v% b% x F5 i! 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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" @7 I S) w# N! y9 NA 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., ^. W: @; d" g- y7 u
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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."
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- g k( c& j- s' p* Z5 P* cOn 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.
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7 K) M8 v/ \$ O$ ], l1 i' `/ c"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."% G( G: i3 j* d
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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.
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- z. v0 W7 b( K2 l9 c$ rThey 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 m: B* v" P( L' @6 _
K5 t* j7 D" F"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"! [) m0 u' m7 Y* S/ c2 w
( i |9 H& g( v* T) |2 u3 qOfficials 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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( Y. T! y) }! L- i& l# \9 R0 d5 x1 u: AAided 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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: e. X5 {$ ?" {0 J+ G9 U7 d: wCoulson 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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* \+ o6 a7 j0 o- ]/ \; k- U"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. * S u- ?) |- @
) x* N7 Z4 Y5 u0 e% ]4 XThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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! y# b% q1 t% ]' IMeanwhile 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. 0 s, {) l+ s$ y) n% T- |
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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. : |' e4 t( P8 N0 V
1 p& R4 `5 r9 V" J) f, nBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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"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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+ p- C4 n* f6 q% d"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." _# A2 V8 g$ @/ k/ b- E
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