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thank you for the news,
8 J' K O0 [- R$ d$ R! g4 Ci have some news from toronto too...
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1 f' w& j8 x, [toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.7 D6 T$ S# v l K. l
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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" W. n; T6 S( R ~& q; Osouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado: N1 r" s. y+ d0 C* b
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the 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
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( F2 M7 f6 K& h% p, HSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET# v# u, s5 a9 ~2 A( U% y) P6 Y
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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.6 s6 T+ @* t5 i: |! n' ^2 U; @
2 }6 I: L- Z& B2 A H# RThe 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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6 ~4 l0 s" B- G, m9 ^5 `* jIt 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.3 T- t* n! C8 ^4 N* n
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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.* B6 j. r8 P# `5 i" o
- I# b, G# f! x; {* m"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."' _6 r5 \' T ?$ w5 T
5 M* H. [% g: x; }5 U2 D! ZOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.8 l& q( P w- u9 I7 a0 ^7 y# w
1 @" W- k! j$ I# A9 A, D" e% l1 ~Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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. R( e4 o/ }! @) E"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. P) p) K& V1 N4 c" N
, M; v7 L* r& J' s! R) L' KThey 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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7 M$ V( R8 q; g" A& w& P% Z"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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' G3 I$ K1 S5 c) NOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.) j* V5 E/ A! V$ k3 }
2 y( u7 _% W0 z% [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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& e3 [5 B6 N$ L+ r! E4 [Coulson 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.# `. Y2 w# U1 g. `
& a; } u: n$ t. c7 K- S' J"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.% ]6 c7 B% u0 ?( ]
3 z) z- ?" l) O' u3 EDue 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. * i e- X) t2 B
1 S- W! T9 C2 y; N! {" {' EThe 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. 1 O( }' t, J6 m6 L% L L
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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.
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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.) r# u- T: ?& ^7 r% a
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