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thank you for the news, " E6 V9 }3 O: y6 \; A
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!!!.% L+ a M3 _& S; M6 ^6 \
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.- O6 v1 f2 Y: _4 M0 h& @: f
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado* M; ?+ C$ d% X
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3 k+ ]/ u: r; V' } G1 ^" c& p+ Gthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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( l4 {9 R9 ~8 {' ?) {# U% MResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 5 p: g8 k+ V" s2 ~/ J
by: PAUL CHOI ; V; q0 Q; A$ [/ [$ o) {
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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.
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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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' `1 r6 G6 x4 M2 {8 v6 P6 r# T% uIt 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.") c# ^* ^6 o% z: A9 Q( a; t
" q+ c) i# m0 X3 h! Z% D# _# 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.9 M) E/ s. {; p
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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.
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2 u# |$ Y) q, T2 H9 O' l, _, f"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."/ ~( B" \; S8 I% H% L/ |0 g
c% U! R8 C3 POn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.1 Z3 N5 G0 c$ H% a- }/ x" [
; ~* k7 s7 Q, r5 a) l5 V) B( GAmidst 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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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.
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4 Q% Z- k/ N. m: ~8 T"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"( q, ?0 @+ ~# @/ \. H; E- H. I
+ h5 r. c/ |3 \7 l$ F: x, f! POfficials 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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1 \" B% u( N y9 {- Q1 A' dAided 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 y: ~: T7 W& K
. U7 @* M1 c/ w# gCoulson 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.) _+ b7 k$ M2 B8 s* e6 `1 ]; y
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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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* I& o$ K' o( o! t# _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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( A: Q. M7 f9 L+ [The 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.
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0 b1 b" ]) ?0 @2 s- j% jDuring 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. 5 ^" h8 o) s: ]. d ~
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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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