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thank you for the news, 9 ~5 y$ S( k% i9 v' }/ K, b
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
2 } g# n0 K0 }: |7 Zthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.% h: e! L9 t! k1 |
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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1 |, Y& p/ D% j! ?' h& B) Jhttp://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$ J7 T8 Q1 c2 r7 m
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8 U& H1 h8 w0 g9 d/ F( zthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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. |$ F/ c- D8 m p/ PResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 y) }: O. W' u
by: PAUL CHOI
3 j" O4 g4 i" j* _/ K: wSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET$ y* N3 V5 `' S( G: a3 v! h6 U' T, O
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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.4 s/ ~% c( X h
9 y- l k% M8 x. J! t9 K4 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.+ d3 t- M# a* R5 V
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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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9 G, v4 c: T( H G @"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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& [6 Y/ [, O& G- KA 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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& O% v3 @' ]0 w8 L2 nElsewhere 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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"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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8 W) m# X" Y- R$ mOn 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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. ?- \: Y$ D9 G+ @$ c; HAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.3 V# h) o9 ]/ e2 y1 {4 p
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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."- S4 a, e C* O5 o x) t
" [/ n/ |7 `& V4 {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.+ `* V u+ Z! ]) `. }/ P4 D
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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?") j$ n8 j5 d$ X; V$ h" M
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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.) w: W6 H+ j0 K: K# }
7 T8 n' a1 Y- c$ `) W/ uAided 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.0 J' w' |. O: \/ I" d g6 b
% @5 ]# w7 k$ S3 C& T yCoulson 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.; s* w' I* ]( n2 ]
% b2 i1 E6 K$ Y) N8 I"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: M* i+ ^4 W# k
" m& S1 k% `* _. [' l3 i$ A3 tDue 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. 0 M. b* z3 P: L o) A. j& C* F
) j& L2 R+ ? H( o5 \2 HMeanwhile 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. 4 u/ G% z6 z$ Q, C. x
' C4 F V( L9 \/ }9 y+ xDuring 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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# E- j+ m, m! \# f$ z3 {But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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" K0 c; C! ^7 K"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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2 Y m+ H3 [5 J1 F& j; g3 m"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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