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i have some news from toronto too..., H" S8 W) e/ B P/ ~+ g
# ^4 G1 O ?& G/ m1 E" W) K& ^toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
0 f7 m: j; S2 k8 Ethese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.+ \( S0 M- n3 z( o! F1 Q: R* r* m
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg; h7 L: t& k6 n, g
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg/ [8 J: U! e% @7 q6 L
+ s' f/ z7 b3 O" ]: Ihttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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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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3 }$ x# t* }2 c# G- [the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.& v$ k6 ~& g+ _( D5 S
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# d0 z) N+ A( H# u6 cResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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/ X, Z- [/ d! fSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET/ I J. \7 A; k+ [: R" u, k7 f
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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.
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) ~0 {+ _8 k- u$ d6 S"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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* Z) h4 u5 E/ `. R5 ~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.- W) H" q7 }, h; t/ B
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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.8 _, l7 C( o/ ]7 p8 J
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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."
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: D" t. K; `/ a! hOn 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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2 A/ ~% r1 i8 L3 B8 s1 z+ DAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said. t9 O& r. w+ N5 ]8 M, t
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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."
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% @% O( B1 R1 k# S" HFergus 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." L, n8 d5 l0 }0 \8 Q4 U
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"$ ]9 u3 C/ k/ ^8 r' A5 W
9 z$ M; V6 n5 J! V; T+ L+ `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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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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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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2 I( Q& ~- p& z"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.5 g! Q- ~& `' u
. m* \, P7 e# `2 [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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+ Y: t9 o4 {( ?+ lMeanwhile 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. 0 H$ p* @* W3 _5 l
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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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% L2 h' z. P8 O3 |, w2 {"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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' W- D |3 P. L, X) y"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.2 `* }% q3 M8 g
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