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% c: K6 J4 ?* `thank you for the news,
K! a/ B' w1 R) e+ H- t: ~i have some news from toronto too...+ ]# t. c: [; _0 |! @ i
* i) ^/ } @, Q7 Atoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.3 p2 F3 i( U! E6 {9 U/ @( V
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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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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4 f! D E. H' W# {6 w' F6 K7 ]. Sthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.4 j3 x* l; k2 f/ {$ P
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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.+ | ?1 d, }% v7 s3 F9 o8 N
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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 A# f! y, Z; u1 |
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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.* u2 ~2 ?; u' W
' t) X2 K, r/ ` K"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."+ y* K# C0 }+ K- Z5 I+ R7 c
$ [; O) @& D% L7 y* D* b; FA 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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: Q; ], {7 `7 ^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.
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$ G4 q x D9 H, s" i"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."- G4 Y8 R# ]7 N# h2 |* M J
4 \2 g, |9 x! U- ~) I# fOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.. f. M% _! f# P& [+ N* ^$ ` L0 O
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.1 y* T5 b& z1 w; v- d
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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."5 z- E/ S7 @8 i3 n7 i6 j4 D
# z8 x' [7 O' g1 x& s: }! \5 RFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window." a4 \, s- m E& h0 ?
: J4 [% A$ b% f# }% |, h2 B" |* mThey 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./ i: ]& D- D: M9 n/ l, 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?"( [$ D: N7 H5 Z2 ^
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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.) b% c9 E% f) X
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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.0 [0 n/ s$ t" N1 Y6 I7 g1 Y: Q
! B, ?) \5 F0 bCoulson 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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/ _ b0 U& v0 z; q y7 W/ r$ b"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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( P8 c# g/ S9 d4 r1 h# r% pDue 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. ' K! } @/ V; C; a$ A0 k8 i. v
8 ^3 _2 f9 C# cThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ( Y, r9 g% H |
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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. M$ T3 t H2 ?: f5 R: _3 {- K
' U; q. i9 U k) N6 J0 dBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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9 N- m" I; p1 Z1 z \" ?1 ?( \' [# p"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. 3 m7 x$ l7 Z: @& W( l/ R0 \
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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." P; ~; z+ W- L: Z0 z, J0 M
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