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% C9 ]8 ?6 G0 W. h* ]& Y* Nthank you for the news,
7 Y% z) E- d) K" Si have some news from toronto too.... z8 }9 d# j0 S+ M2 D
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
% f$ i7 A6 r# c$ S; Q; qthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.1 r8 p$ P$ F$ P n% L3 f
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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) B% s- O }& M% M; z" Q6 o9 Thttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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& G/ y0 O+ ]' d2 ?southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado" a8 N. I$ k% R% c
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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4 q, V" L! z2 H; WResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ' _9 p9 ~$ R9 f/ s" G4 ?6 G
by: PAUL CHOI : w8 w' V; H8 y6 C( P
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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' m% S( V$ u" d+ }. g# n9 t! 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.
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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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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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$ ^+ E- n8 W& ["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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+ C$ K1 @) R! ~7 d$ D) \' T+ x! 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.4 t9 F# O: ?' \ ?- R! d
: ~% R2 E4 W( S @+ P"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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand." l$ D9 `& y: v9 ]
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Amidst 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."
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' C5 W; i, g) w- CFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window." |& b, }8 I4 s
0 C8 v h! e0 n& 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.
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" L7 @) [0 z7 b- D' b& ]"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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& u3 }3 b( E# h. F$ E+ MAided 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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Coulson 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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+ c% r" q' d3 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.
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" ^) T& Y- p6 dThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. + c$ s% U3 A% J
3 P+ I: G4 ?1 }3 |3 j W+ {9 o7 fDuring 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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"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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