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thank you for the news, 6 S' C4 f' n. i) L4 s( ^
i have some news from toronto too...: d) [* J4 ]5 f
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.. ]3 n. b6 u; ]/ J1 m2 \$ x0 G
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.0 }- M$ z+ l# D% n
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg# P- N, S$ y. A! P- R7 @, `9 J
& @0 A6 |1 W1 J* }7 ]3 r7 V" Bhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg, S; G' |, O) n& ~5 B$ R' ~
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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1 {' H8 J r! b0 W( e6 e3 Z0 X, Ksouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.) ]! s n1 }+ C0 ]. b3 F
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0 |" b7 M" c" d- cResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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." S2 o) E5 c, B7 u
* C9 a, W% l& b3 s/ l6 H/ ]3 oIt 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."
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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.5 p+ n* [8 S$ I+ u. D
) P3 }' e) ?' E5 j/ M8 C( uElsewhere 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.- F, f+ `0 @8 f. E
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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."
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# Z- H+ W6 J: NOn 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.
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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.& b/ j9 S' R' g5 s
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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.$ r3 _' _- h, K' y; B
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"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.4 e+ H5 o, z% N! q6 u
0 g4 L; s( O& V, h/ H' S/ @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.: A) _/ L, z8 e9 a. `; p
: C/ Z1 ?9 f7 Y, e4 m4 QCoulson 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.9 V4 f( }. Q6 s& o+ N# f
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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.! k. r/ c+ L: z8 |1 S: y
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 2 |* h7 C" C+ V a( X
: K0 K% X. V" [4 K# Y$ }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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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. 3 m6 f# v$ e) _' q1 D6 j& w
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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( E& f" X# k- i o"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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' E0 o$ G4 ~, U& ~1 ~/ I) K"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.0 D7 x) F4 d; Y: W+ }) @) z
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