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thank you for the news, : ^% u7 m8 b" j
i have some news from toronto too...: `8 h8 H9 m0 L; B; Y! {# d+ a6 W
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
. z3 D2 \# O2 u# I% r% S, S+ X: Wthese 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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2 a+ o' h% N- h/ ~8 Z$ Q1 X# c3 |southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado, o+ ?7 i- t2 k$ O! D3 D$ L( d
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado $ I3 ]% |3 V: M+ \6 q
by: PAUL CHOI
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d0 d7 o! d' GTORONTO (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.6 Q. v2 x+ d& @' u& K! s; f
% c7 x' l$ N* l$ d! p/ PThe 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.. v3 m* p& }2 S7 }
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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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"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."& m3 x( @' o4 X
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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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4 |, p+ p5 C# m$ j3 fElsewhere 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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; C: w4 v; W& m" e: g3 ^) _/ 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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.5 d, A5 \; R! G7 N
* ?% K, h- e) C, w. T- ~"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."% C! `% s. M! |6 o3 @# e1 ^
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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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5 R. N" [& R2 O! QThey 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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" e4 t' r0 x; y+ U"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.5 m& a- A3 k8 O
1 M. @' C; J$ n/ b: x( 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." ~( N1 o9 E) O9 P- n9 C8 }+ ~& R
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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.
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, A% S, V4 o5 k1 p! w# lDue 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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8 f4 C& L$ z/ `6 a) @8 i3 `The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ; F( F+ o& s- D [( P
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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. + K& A3 A- _4 X( a& T+ E
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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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 6 w# M- W9 _/ y r2 r$ Y/ P; _) Q
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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. ; U* u" M* Q! K7 I" |
2 B: s( j: p4 X N( a, h5 j"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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