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發表於 2005-8-21 08:10 AM
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thank you for the news,
( a; ?9 l, J" pi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.' B: b2 T3 H# I, D
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.1 b4 L: J2 E/ S5 l, a+ D
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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, ~2 x5 T% L. q3 l1 I; Qhttp://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.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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9 O* O& h& I% s+ O+ ^' N) h; Ithe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.8 x; G- A& M4 p: T
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8 Y/ I0 W$ h; sResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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7 G: N9 @$ J3 RTORONTO (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. z4 Q! v4 c A1 Z; V+ q6 r. P3 |( A0 p
, r& ]2 W; s, { N; z6 L+ d. O' 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.2 Q+ T/ d0 z5 j3 X4 ^5 ~! t
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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.; @' a' F3 H& n3 @9 j
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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.+ e( m! ^. v1 ?7 p% s
" D. \' o4 U+ O% ^4 g* @. [% iElsewhere 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.( G! N* @* G: g# e$ v1 Z$ o
: Y1 M' ~+ l2 F8 ]3 |; V"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.
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; A6 Z6 t4 ~, A1 h' c' s, GAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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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& I5 Z4 J, D& I) Z" g/ _. W q2 OFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.7 `9 _2 Y$ n8 A/ ~0 i
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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.& G( ^: u, P5 A* ~
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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+ J" P3 F0 Z) U+ E% \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./ H+ O, H, ?5 Z$ ]" s' [0 Z! y
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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.9 e* c. N" e. Y9 _& N4 F9 |5 t: D7 Q
6 Z' r2 i% D, W7 ~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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3 p2 x" C0 w d2 J# W0 Q# BThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 3 b" x; z5 L: Z
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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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) b! }; I& J: X# YDuring 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. N. C' ^/ r( g% u# {; k9 d
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& _0 u* q+ e7 @6 E8 k0 ]1 B"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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5 R; i3 S) C! |' X: T% e+ N6 i* v"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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