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( F; D9 R* _8 y h# _0 Mthank you for the news,
, M/ A5 q! K$ g; b8 bi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.) K/ ?5 ~' l) o$ J$ a6 P) c7 x8 A
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.5 s$ O* y- S- W7 E$ z1 o
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg0 Z! z* i' X) \2 u% f$ x- f1 y
; L$ }' d. y" l; M' x2 v2 khttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg& w/ H2 @% ?7 ?' Z
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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" K: ?( K. B6 i7 Y) Dsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- l) R. o$ I9 d0 zthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.6 h* j. }4 A. R+ ~* e0 g
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3 ]7 u3 \- c1 }( t& B% e. v+ gResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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?+ I9 ]1 G) r2 \# j7 X. iTORONTO (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.; B5 |9 ~% |7 F, ^, z$ s3 _% U+ l, P
1 \) l3 H1 F) _; |. I. sThe 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.* ~. }6 v% C' z0 q
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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.
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' D3 p5 o7 j# O9 ?6 M8 C"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."! {% Z4 B7 h# y5 ?1 l' M7 \6 t
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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.% E+ S; A9 G0 m- V4 Z
' H$ W+ q; p/ cElsewhere 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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"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."" z/ z* G+ d- l. l, D: V4 H
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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.2 Z8 [7 h# L8 v
5 j: y$ n% Y% q4 j- {Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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9 v2 O. { V, h, 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."7 C' F E& p8 r D7 E3 c
: W2 n7 k0 P3 T- s% ?8 e, g* YFergus 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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; A; o' g ?" B2 s/ d: XThey 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.7 x! q- i8 B8 C/ R( `7 T2 s* s
. Z1 ^5 d* o4 X"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 B. I$ ]8 t% B4 u: o2 |
; p3 h; x+ _) t* L- eOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.9 D/ m2 R- S; y
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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.
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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.
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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.- B: w$ x" v" B5 T% o W" v6 R3 l
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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. 9 e! A/ A# T+ s$ W- v# S
2 W6 `7 W) I& N! ?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.
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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. 9 u$ p( ]! R) i7 H' z
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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.
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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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