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thank you for the news, 3 ^# r Z/ a; K& n6 V9 ] @. `
i have some news from toronto too...4 K5 a; S0 i4 `' }
* g" B8 _6 A& h( E) c" A7 x4 dtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!., d4 E; }' M! ^3 R! E
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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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 tornado5 W; A* `9 X# ^- T3 k$ \
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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 / n1 m: K# Z6 @
by: PAUL CHOI & L5 [# u7 M. ?# h- s, B+ _# k
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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! f4 G0 V6 j1 [, b2 F4 V8 KTORONTO (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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. o) L5 O! F, j5 c! }. FIt 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.: J7 W; p( f2 c6 J9 z6 ]
) E2 _0 R% C9 K' R9 S5 h/ r g"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."& u* X* h* q7 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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; I% b* R" C0 c0 ?1 K2 v+ SElsewhere 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.+ k8 k7 X3 U! R6 s) s
+ Q/ {7 \- R, g8 N1 e8 x"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.2 F! l) D% @) @# X% x' W
# @5 o3 C6 b3 l" ZAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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$ t6 Z: ]: D" N"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."
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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.9 @! p0 K2 l- g! t. D
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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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5 [, f9 {2 Y! V; d) {, D( I! Y+ I/ U"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.) s* i$ {) E Z8 O" }! g/ m
7 s' H0 U3 }( u& h4 @6 F# FAided 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.) ]: l, ^& B4 | \) M
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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.
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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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0 C1 y0 }4 P9 S1 p. MThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ) G0 V% H6 d9 p0 B8 s! I
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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. * f4 N3 I2 X& i1 P" a0 V l
& E. R( P: u9 p+ i2 S# Q) D7 eBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. . u0 t6 u3 s( F, I2 M# j5 `! ^
3 ]- Y) }# v& A"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. % F& S8 i2 w# l( T( i9 E( H
1 p4 G: R* W9 p6 i. z/ p' S"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.1 o' L8 P; u$ ]; N
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