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4 t" A3 m% V2 q4 v& v: R# Athank you for the news, * P# J# K i$ I& z: |
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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$ ?7 T3 j/ W8 l- [* Dsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado L0 a2 q; K# m* D# L! J
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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 + G4 e% U/ ]8 J* \- Q% _
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.
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* |7 m; S# c6 a* I+ l' L1 G% B6 ~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.
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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.$ I' z3 M' K5 B g: P2 `* z
" m# ?3 Q' H1 y) z8 |"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."6 @% u5 \" x# n, d/ x
' g+ j6 J& A1 j8 {2 I% QA 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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3 O9 D9 e7 Y) x: 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./ o: k1 ?1 Y3 t: J2 D8 w5 X5 _1 z e
6 T* c4 V* a6 n7 h"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."" R5 q9 o" m; l
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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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ M+ W1 J3 O& h/ f, r. T9 F6 l6 p
$ ^, Z# t2 P- R3 ?* y"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.") l1 R; L% h; v3 U+ i
1 E/ z2 H; a' k, B. O4 HFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.+ ?# l. c! b! l7 |' k
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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.6 W# E0 m5 l6 D5 p
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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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$ {- }$ R& }8 e8 M7 tOfficials 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.
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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.0 e! J& \- x1 E$ L
, X1 r q0 f* F! D8 D9 b7 G"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. . d0 D g, T8 {2 h2 t8 u
! W* \' P9 G5 R( [6 ?The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. & Z- l- h: O" }
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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. 7 d- h9 s' `2 R8 ~
1 u5 O; D# O8 z2 m6 q: RDuring 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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1 r: X K3 F* g"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. 2 f+ p1 K7 A# ~/ s: f! A
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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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