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: M( L" T+ Z' i9 [4 a2 {thank you for the news, ! O7 Y2 o, x/ B. k) [. } g
i have some news from toronto too...
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G4 A& K8 N8 }3 Z: @- Ktoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
+ D; e# f' X6 }9 k3 g @these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.* j J( h. O! w( @
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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: X- D- w/ f3 @5 o6 a5 R- o9 Zsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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! a6 B) p6 ^, ~' Q ~the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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' u) B9 W$ |3 z5 gResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 6 t, |. e2 `; L7 O9 ^* t
by: PAUL CHOI
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0 F/ A9 H p2 U0 RTORONTO (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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6 n. B" b# Z% v% |9 |" p# C6 G6 WThe 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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) \ T. J, D8 F* YIt 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.9 g) D/ q$ v( |( P5 P
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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."3 @/ H2 Q; [6 b5 z5 I2 U
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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.
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+ ~# Q) E" A5 O! z/ A; `2 ~+ E5 }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.; S) D' @0 c- `/ R4 L; O/ v1 _
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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."- Q" n6 k- {6 H% @* K+ C; t
, D5 Q" G9 Z* E2 LOn 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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4 Q$ e$ P* d" v% PAmidst 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.
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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.: [0 {7 Z8 U- A$ @
: \/ u1 x$ d$ x; H"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"% a3 i. H& Y. G( W5 D: W5 C: m
9 w0 k/ }2 m* B$ U4 ]* POfficials 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.) v/ Z9 |4 {- \7 I" S( J+ W1 f
$ M/ Q5 [% i8 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." A! X9 F( d& {
" c5 [9 S! n$ l1 N' ]( P"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., `( s; N$ c5 Z/ I6 X" R5 J
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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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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% S) |% Y9 Z) \) Y' ZMeanwhile 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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) ?) t+ r+ [( c* E; q- jDuring 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; S5 a. x$ W6 M, K1 F
% _1 q# v& u! v; e7 f! ?8 f, rBut 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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"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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