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thank you for the news,
0 E/ @1 m/ z# B, G$ P fi have some news from toronto too...
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/ {2 F+ E6 i! n# Y+ |toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
$ X: ]5 @& B& E+ Jthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.1 L; R6 }% U x. Y; b" T" u: T
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9 u* O; m9 v6 ]. e: D3 z% ~. bhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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6 B0 J; z4 Q1 csouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- c* u( g% W: u4 k2 M9 Nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.# A) A' V( O- t. ?. Z% Y# ~
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& w/ P1 K2 T) S* L$ W6 `: xResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . A) q2 M% k: k
by: PAUL CHOI
* A$ j9 V, G- nSat 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.( S* a" n$ T) m/ g: l* }1 v
% E5 a3 T1 ]: y* _1 z2 Q7 {6 V4 K$ GThe 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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! e8 W0 }, J ? V+ R"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.
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( b+ e0 }# U/ {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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"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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.! j# }1 @ \8 Q
( i9 Z4 w7 n& w/ n; d0 J! L"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."6 j I* f4 K& i8 Z. X; W9 A0 z
7 z# O" M; F+ ^ 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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2 K7 Z G$ @- } b+ b9 \$ `3 yThey 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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"2 V" F& `& B- \- e/ [. N( Y9 B
. x( E& A9 A4 c$ b- X9 cOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.& J) X- g+ q. t3 g0 a. H
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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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z `. a- ^! A. h% K' oCoulson 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.! W% Q; v9 ~/ T8 L
2 c. Z5 ^% x, U. m' Q) e' H2 ?, bDue 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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" ^) Y5 i3 a! r6 m0 t) Y3 Y" aThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. ' k2 J7 J9 |) x- {! v: @) q3 L
. v; }& R, O1 U6 f2 _But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. . K r& R- T$ g% A* {* t) |9 }
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"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. / Y+ w7 c% j# J" G
! Y% T) X/ w _"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." ^% J. W( E8 r" m5 ?9 h
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