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thank you for the news,
* ?$ E* `2 N. r" p/ m7 @$ G1 Ki have some news from toronto too...7 I5 j, n5 C- A* z
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.9 @/ ^* m/ H- A% s9 Y
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.9 A: Z- K1 q6 l8 {1 J+ n) c
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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0 N9 j) F. a$ U" Yhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg6 I# O8 ^( i2 s/ S/ w* V6 i
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg; P! v7 Y/ Y# E/ O0 R9 v: Y
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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
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! r1 {! w* N- t- V1 Tthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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& K" ^( V9 Y& NResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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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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.. R" O/ K5 c& p j0 d6 q, E- V
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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."4 C# _/ w; c9 E8 |* G
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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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# ~, t3 M9 H* j' f' oElsewhere 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. g' O9 l$ C+ h) r- `4 _8 w- e
. I0 ^/ K! Y% R4 F- R( z# L+ L' G"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."
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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.% v; ]3 Y' s" r) r
( z0 Z5 F+ {# v6 k- \Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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1 n2 X6 R* J/ P# y8 `/ n' V7 R"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."# ^! ` M$ F3 }- t
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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.! K$ H- E6 |; A2 C) p
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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.
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, b2 i+ @4 k! |" N"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 k+ b J. l: Q
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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.
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/ `8 |7 j6 e# q0 ZAided 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. ]+ R) k$ _" Q4 o2 n! ?
" E" Z K6 p: v+ L' H, dCoulson 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.6 M, d N, d* E8 B! R4 t
* _( A+ ]% |6 ~$ pDue 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. + z/ v" i0 c5 f' X9 @+ S
5 a. t$ b; l/ |) x3 ~9 r2 V$ ~3 e- wThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ) T; C/ W% y4 m; F% t
3 j. }; V6 b) m5 EMeanwhile 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.
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- L0 J3 x) v' i6 yBut 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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. c T/ k, g8 i, T7 ~6 O- Q"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.; F: _; ^ G. ^( V/ h
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