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thank you for the news, 6 b' R7 r* C& [* ]2 U0 P7 mi have some news from toronto too... " \7 o$ W6 P! t* F, B( U+ U0 S: U3 t0 M
toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.4 j% _$ @$ W/ G+ O" b
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.7 ?2 b, k/ B( g3 F& }7 Q http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg; ?, ?; p7 ]2 `2 J; X- x* C
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado 8 h! G9 o( B0 Z$ U; a# D; i& R$ V
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. ' I( @0 S% p% b( c - K4 t/ e! d; J! |* K. A! D 6 E% X2 B+ N; ?" |" \9 F***********************************************************: t- a* Z3 [0 I4 w Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado % [# k8 L* F E2 c. O/ Jby: PAUL CHOI ' o* |8 j& U& w% Y2 V9 VSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET ! z: r. `( W+ a& ^3 U$ f& K8 A1 p9 N9 ] `
: A6 P3 T' W7 c$ G9 E5 aTORONTO (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. 5 }- j8 W9 h% A: L! O9 o7 i3 w0 Q2 \8 O1 L. q. c9 T
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. F- d3 c* }4 I$ c* e. E$ l$ b
& `" y% @9 x/ z# Q; K( k( S7 @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. - h4 x+ J; z. Z t x* T( _& e( E \6 ]8 b: `* o
"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 m$ n& s- s; J' \! H5 G: I: r
3 p# L3 G: u" y- r( r, V- WA 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. ( O8 [$ A3 h4 I& ` & V; M- J& } l" ~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.1 _6 R( J- f, G4 \
! H/ ?- m% K2 f$ S6 X9 m' o9 P3 D"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."! K( o" W$ a! w% l2 [; E
7 V1 F+ X+ K- R AOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand. 9 u5 a4 `4 k* S9 @ m v3 _, H' Y7 j: _& l- [% L- l7 L* _% r9 p
Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said. 9 `. r1 f$ g [, ]3 }7 f$ B/ j3 ~ ; E! T5 A" w/ l- u$ \5 F"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."' \8 @; \* h# m& O& Y$ ~0 X& q
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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. 2 m( C2 Z8 d s! E. D4 l4 h0 w6 [. r$ s, {) p9 l) H" i; \+ Z9 j
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.# C Q" x+ v# R- e: ]" H4 m
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 ^. K( c0 P6 n, f
@* G" p0 F# q; T# `4 @7 {" GOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.0 |7 R' K' R7 Z5 a9 D) S( c
) X2 r A5 c" K6 c: b \4 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. % D8 O% x2 x' J& b% C( K% W ! h4 \ S9 Q2 M- Z7 M; }: x5 p9 v$ CCoulson 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.; j: ~ d3 g9 b6 h& {
/ a; r% W" u3 K. M" d1 p: N; N$ s"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.* R' J2 E; p0 ^( P
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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. - w" d+ @/ L3 G7 @$ c! J! |6 N- \& W4 X! s
The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 8 [: a0 H' d; _* t/ y& m
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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. , t+ S L5 L L, U5 ^( }" R3 V8 _+ w
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. $ a" a0 r3 G4 X3 a8 |* s/ j4 D7 ?5 u) f- a& S
But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 5 X* r4 l+ ?5 Y: I! l$ X) q9 z2 }
9 v3 s6 Y$ `/ C" G) a"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. / p" K# o" j3 M1 e5 D1 d
+ l# Z9 b- ^/ z0 k6 s; r"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.1 j" H% y% k, H. A
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