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thank you for the news, / O) a( |4 B: Z) ]8 ~" b
i have some news from toronto too.... I; Z# H9 u; o+ o, R
5 Y' T" k, k+ {9 D5 Ntoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
+ J/ G: P9 o$ Othese 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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9 k% {1 Y: o. ?southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.$ A* U1 K2 e& S' I/ |' C) n; D
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado , r2 d: i; ^) R: `# t2 v2 D, {
by: PAUL CHOI 1 t8 h3 f3 k& g7 i/ G8 p8 u
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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' N; g8 L; h( |: r3 b4 ~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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3 O& C& H5 T% W- tThe 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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"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.$ F0 A7 @" v9 P0 A0 H! h
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Elsewhere 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.) G3 M$ c' \4 i+ h
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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."3 M+ Q, l8 q& v
4 z/ ~$ y" a; o1 G) ^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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4 j" ]' ]2 Z4 M9 ?- Z: }Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.+ m( L2 A# u+ R, ~+ d! w) s+ G; K( {
' k! u4 n, i A! w3 }8 t9 L9 f"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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3 A7 e0 \) B0 X' B" e( P1 z M3 M3 TFergus 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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3 ~1 E1 H& z. v* e8 L# B: ^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.2 s$ n( }* q) r0 c% X
1 Z3 |; R* w$ u' _ W"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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g8 R/ G9 _3 ]( rOfficials 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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3 W( Y' Z9 A4 [) e6 H yAided 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.! Z& n2 g: Z" J$ w$ l2 Q
" A+ [1 W" U2 f- |5 `" _& I+ P& Q0 e$ f"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. 9 C$ M a$ K4 V* r P( a, b7 h
3 a3 X5 s' J. zThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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6 q6 H3 [+ d" M& }, c, S) ]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. $ A2 H8 i! [ {. D0 _* K( E
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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. , D3 t# k {) W3 K. X
+ R7 n0 B7 f( w) L2 |; C1 LBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. : g- |8 w' p% Q: u7 Q5 y( h+ q- s7 v
! E, F9 T" U# f- F' Q4 h"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 d1 v9 O8 A) T8 H9 ~
% d( W. X M: f6 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.
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