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* w1 ~ @8 M; Y4 j3 |thank you for the news,
/ \9 W: C, S g2 F% ]4 Ci have some news from toronto too...0 F- U, a6 \8 C" @
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.8 c/ w& ]0 o$ O7 ?" f7 N
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.0 e0 @6 k. B2 c" r9 l8 b) C
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg" U1 D( F6 W: d8 P! k
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. v4 L; P) Q) bsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado9 G% I% Q3 O% }* D) v; n- H
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; S s3 t; d* @4 o0 T2 b3 kthe 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 6 X% \. V6 q( G; G. h
by: PAUL CHOI " q7 U* {1 M2 D" f
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET: q" A% [" V, h
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- P, x. q# n8 X& N% @4 uTORONTO (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., M P& w0 d0 \1 D, C. l
+ |; Y3 U7 J, @) ~2 ^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.( c, i( \. i$ e( G& o/ G T
6 @- \" G8 D6 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."% x( E6 R) x, D5 D, r% Z
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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.' Z! P4 e& d- ~! N& x" P1 A9 H
9 a3 y& Z `* ^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.$ t& B- R- I( U9 R4 Q
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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."$ r: T% m0 | q( o
+ [3 b. F4 |! {4 U! u0 |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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ \" `% I; y. S* x; T, G5 a; v2 X
( B W0 v( v4 r"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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8 N+ Q2 i6 V/ B4 g6 D# i$ lFergus 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& W6 G; k! \& A- }6 M1 F* N# P
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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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e0 T, S# U0 s# d- ~ \2 o"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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+ \0 i# ]9 t5 w5 Q; aOfficials 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.
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! l0 t# d' q0 a$ i. d5 aCoulson 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. L) k* h$ n+ Y1 g8 t1 g
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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.9 ^% S+ }5 ?# W; r6 f
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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. , l: e+ l5 j% d: `; m* m$ T% N+ M
) ~) B) @" N6 \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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. r& u! w5 F; NDuring 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.
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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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7 L( E' `1 w9 t"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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