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thank you for the news, : {# c6 y9 h6 L6 c" E6 v! b
i have some news from toronto too...% O% e% T6 }4 H/ ~, Z. b4 ~3 F
6 U. q, `! Z0 p. Ptoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. 9 P5 Y0 J' N# ?, f3 O8 G" x6 [these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. # f7 L9 h4 e5 D y# E: thttp://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg 1 a9 Z% T! v2 {6 _: R: O6 I/ a1 ?2 g( \$ e& J http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg- ]$ e G& ], ]- H
7 \, S$ R, W: z7 |) b http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg & U" W8 b1 @0 r0 S) `+ D/ \; f# Y- L2 C* L( _* } http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg 5 R2 C. O4 v6 K, o7 K # M( r5 K( v+ T* l; W# jsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado 0 u* \$ K" i# L& S: ? ; ?* Y1 j7 D9 H, : K" k" ?8 i7 ~& U7 W! B0 H7 m" ^ 2 Y! L F. E/ ~9 x* O8 N2 Kthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. & }' b8 B; V) T; f. H6 m- b 3 g+ i2 q( Q( E0 }1 m 0 v& n, e# Y; ^***********************************************************0 x9 F) e3 N8 x+ k3 u- y. p1 } Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado % `0 q, Q! f0 W, E# S8 R1 Xby: PAUL CHOI 7 r2 y1 j: H& d! H: Y! h4 P/ l
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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. 8 {2 c+ n7 B2 N7 G# j. W0 e4 _# _: ?9 J( }; B' ]
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.. P% ~7 W, t8 u) L% P
( u1 N# x. x' J6 sIt 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. * u1 x% J( G) m" \4 s2 D. I9 S* a: @% f
"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." & O4 e* A& {( q7 S; z3 G: ?; P) l9 k+ W# s- J
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." b6 C4 I- s4 @! J* L" w3 {
3 `' p! I1 ]' eElsewhere 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. 8 D0 d J# i' ^$ t! j2 {; y6 U+ R % a2 u6 ]3 D- x* o"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." ) F3 J& B0 n8 s" E# b. r/ Q$ K, ^( M2 b o
On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.# ^5 r7 O+ F1 j- N
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said." A5 a$ ~4 D3 P
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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." & m% o( Z. j7 c6 z: e1 y* z6 X9 M r4 ~8 S1 F
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.5 W! Z- I# P2 P$ |# \+ v- a
1 [/ h8 J: B- A7 }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./ B. r9 F1 l% v3 c. H
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" : I7 w$ r9 V0 }) f* C" r0 ]+ @' t& ^" O5 b+ H5 }9 v. k2 m* h
Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.& H ^* R& `4 s& Q
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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.8 k* e1 d( G" s* E1 Z' b' N9 t
1 |( |# [: _9 e- A6 _& ?0 DCoulson 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. " W: X- P4 @5 ^- p! D& z* k) \( H# g: z) c0 ^ ]% i& R. Y: i
"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.. ]5 k3 B+ W* @! u2 g4 A6 o
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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. 1 E/ _# \: A- p- ~
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5 _1 N% { J& v: iMeanwhile 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. ) d9 E/ z/ w# ]& X! x$ e4 m- |! D( V+ _$ s2 a
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. . N' T1 X5 J0 L6 ~2 b2 O; w
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 1 S3 H9 \5 J1 b: _
, C8 W+ E5 @2 @% G"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. % W2 [1 E# o- [3 M8 O) J1 E! |
, O4 U+ B: A- ~* v"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. - ^8 Z8 H# Z# ~2 `4 E- x% V, p1 v5 W
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