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8 W4 g# {2 ^! Y) E- Ithank you for the news, . q. Y3 h0 a& s9 u4 S
i have some news from toronto too.../ J5 m0 p% `- |+ d3 E0 g* v
0 B; z" M x5 A' V; C& e* Storonto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.3 V- s1 T4 ~" P4 }
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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http://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% d& [2 u9 l' r2 [8 U
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.# @5 |; Z9 V' d7 W. A
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5 v1 C) B0 o8 I$ E: ]4 NResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado / M0 a: R, k r% e* t& ?! y, c
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.) Y) q. q- X6 f4 @( X
" n) e4 a' N4 f! CThe 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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/ @. W# n4 B3 T* [4 ~1 Q"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."+ ~; Q! [5 _0 D# c/ x" Q U, H
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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.4 S4 ~. b: K$ e8 j$ e5 m/ Z
) q4 G2 `6 y% P' n A. H! G# KElsewhere 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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, C" S, U3 p' m" L/ J"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.5 \ L# G( w" a7 j3 I4 ~
# F) |: ^; y2 e2 o0 W"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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' a, d/ X: k9 h3 B$ l9 ZFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.; H# O! r1 u+ L. D1 b
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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.& b4 ^1 @" g8 S, e) G$ ^1 v$ Z
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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 ] x$ w, h, s0 p; ]
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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.) P/ Z; P4 @/ V& ]
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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.0 { h, t/ a1 `. d( { p
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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.
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# p, \) u5 T6 s- W2 B" Y: VDue 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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7 |, ^4 e8 E ]3 w: lThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. & c' E7 r, M# k
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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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$ M$ n9 y" ]9 ZDuring 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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, ^$ w! S8 G5 x) x3 i$ |"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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6 Y9 z( M6 V V. `# N"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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