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6 h; x3 N* H; p6 Othank you for the news, 7 Z1 w1 s" a8 I
i have some news from toronto too...* S3 a6 z2 L; R* H9 z
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.7 R, O- d5 n" X/ x4 D2 d% b: S
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. m# ]5 _1 x' j! J, c
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg5 Q7 c7 _; ^& [- E1 \
7 B1 ]* h; y9 L0 i3 u* Hhttp://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.jpg8 O. w& G2 i4 D) A+ u6 G' i
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+ t% T# t9 _, Y' u- esouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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6 V) h3 _ p6 ^& R* Uthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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$ H1 c: |8 n- o4 g9 X9 j; A, lResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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/ m5 ]% r/ o6 O- p7 B7 uTORONTO (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./ y8 J( X5 y4 A5 |3 L
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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.4 M/ N. N; B& s. V
$ X% W- p I0 \9 d }' JIt 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.8 I( l9 F9 m- u
6 U$ i1 ~8 e9 K0 @9 A. y0 x) H"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.. \2 T6 @7 q% [/ D
, _: L$ n* P; A7 X" E$ ]9 h- rElsewhere 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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: V: F( t, o% k$ K" D"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.") _& n1 Q' r3 V
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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./ w5 r4 h7 b& U: S& ~0 {" \
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.$ |) Y) P8 j$ X8 Q. A
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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."+ H' A- M2 u0 l% h7 R# ?
: p; o/ z: ^( R. I$ ?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.8 a& K% Q0 B# i: N. L4 F9 z
2 ^) C5 K: ^/ _- {"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"* d0 f; v7 F/ d% E. q4 k/ ~
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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.- ]* i; n; Q5 _: A) a
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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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/ Q( j! w0 c+ w! 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." J; M3 y; h" I. 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. 5 L" F4 o* @$ F+ C
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. _3 h( `) [; ]0 j, ?. {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 s' x2 G: j& k
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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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9 \& c) a# `6 _; ^% ^6 q5 JBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ) ^ `& j7 |' [! n3 _: R
% o+ e# ~/ z5 l' I0 r"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. 6 l5 e4 `, V( V2 `8 v6 D; b" g
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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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