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0 w9 C+ E& U) S, }* ?thank you for the news, 5 {0 q5 @) I# c
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!!!.1 O k' P/ f, ~/ E% T/ o5 o
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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' x% Z0 B2 ~$ Ksouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado) r- S3 q. O0 F: m/ C
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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0 @0 N4 ~9 N' t O5 w. O4 d3 f/ HResidents 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.. w1 M' @3 F7 B" O/ U
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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.
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5 d! I% V+ \! f% ?"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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, n4 T" I& a$ E: E; A K8 i: nA 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.6 H# H' G3 f3 v
. W3 D" j& b1 L9 P5 J0 J( qElsewhere 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.& H1 V. ^& s0 {. q. R( _3 x
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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."/ [ w% l/ S: Y- U; g, Q
" D3 X7 Z& Q' P" a) N0 U5 t$ \On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.- C3 c7 l! E: z0 E
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.0 }- y) I5 C) c; B2 h5 u) Q
) o, t5 t1 h: F( l! ~% e u"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."6 g. ~8 ~) \) m# z
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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.- a/ `' i* K* p9 r# U' c7 v5 ~
3 _ r6 @; r' H2 cThey 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.% `1 d7 O A: {
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"+ ?& P) |6 g8 e2 E& ^7 s2 a
2 [# x) r1 v* P. }Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.7 N$ D2 b, X0 k
6 _% G2 G: s9 B* @& NAided 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.% I" U; ]3 u4 s, y- d* b; N' i
) Y. {, U0 R7 n. _# Y# ]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.! O% l3 I6 j$ R, t9 v% r
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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.2 U" e: v2 o* O* B& n5 _
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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.
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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. ) x) h, |6 E/ k- v# [2 X0 `
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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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" I: m. j9 B0 J"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.8 T7 i1 P9 ]7 q0 o/ U
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