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! ?1 r6 n, Z# u7 `5 [thank you for the news,
. O$ K* u. T2 ji have some news from toronto too..., n4 D& y7 r7 ~* x2 `# y3 O
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.9 V/ v$ Z( \7 d% e& x( t, W
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado+ K! e! X# ^* P" I. A+ O
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" T' v# f4 s; _8 o2 A5 pthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.: L9 ?- _6 _) P
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2 @) ^5 F9 V7 i9 q) B( U+ ~& r. hResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 3 f& K; M5 `2 z, @# P
by: PAUL CHOI
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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. {/ \( I- U8 a5 ~3 w
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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. z9 W5 j5 T% u; A
8 P, ^7 w, z& z& ]4 v- S9 Y; J" mIt 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. h' \& W8 c) B3 a$ ~
" f7 o7 M d8 I$ e+ z6 A"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.
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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.
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0 u j" T1 f T"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."# ~5 k9 k8 Y) @6 G0 w8 A+ b
) d, X# [3 e _" jOn 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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% N& G, Z0 q/ O. kAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.9 B, K! c3 o+ c) f
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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.' c# e% }5 A6 {; z. t
1 z* g" I/ j( C: C8 L8 C"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., U. `2 h: B+ _) [
2 n8 d! i9 S p5 BAided 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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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.; W1 w, g9 t, l" g% i1 [
) t1 L& D2 W: [; x5 u9 S( u"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.
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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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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. , ^! B) z! ]" O- z3 c" [( l
6 [( w0 F0 {; h9 [9 F, }4 BDuring 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. 4 h, \7 Y6 c9 Y% _
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But 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. / z: h5 O9 [# ~- z6 Q
4 x6 I- _6 \( z"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.* U V( y# Z3 [. l' o
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