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thank you for the news,
7 p4 t" C# J* m7 Yi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.* s, d8 Y Q) S9 X0 T) b0 L/ T
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday./ C7 p' t/ a% h7 [
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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southwestern 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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; U. t) ~2 ^+ }1 T7 `Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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. y) z2 Y {3 A2 t! ETORONTO (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.' I! B! f2 |/ Q: T7 `
. Q x$ V# G9 R( z/ S6 \The 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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' }8 j& C$ W9 _0 h# Y2 A' 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."6 b+ V; e$ C/ @ ^! @1 R, i9 L+ t
% I% I ?' x1 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.+ ]9 l C5 m9 X3 ]
" i1 E( Y2 R3 ^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.6 l( X8 m$ f1 s. h' f
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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.": `# C: d- T" Z$ j, M
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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.
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! J: P/ C7 U% }" tAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said." m, F- P1 \9 F
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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."
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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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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.4 m/ V9 r9 v2 e6 H8 E( C! d
9 w3 k: _ H+ v- c1 J"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"- h5 s6 ]# f" V% H
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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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9 o' c. Q" B/ |; e& qAided 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.6 ] h8 a; @# W& m3 T( G* v
. j! J* U) q' k; 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.9 x# }7 _4 t' i+ u
" T% j1 L7 S% m* M"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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% ^" Q) R) @, o! K0 G3 CThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ! X) g# C, d: h: C1 {, S
( ^" b$ j0 }* {1 x* r, {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. F( W* \1 S, [
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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. 2 [( I) |- C+ i# B! o, O
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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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"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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