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thank you for the news,
2 V8 ]% k' y9 m) i: ji have some news from toronto too...' F! E( N: ^7 s3 `, N
! x( }3 ]; k) w6 ]. Jtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( T( I% _5 x! R5 J+ g3 bthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.9 o5 F& w8 H. \- }$ I2 i
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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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) S% X5 A" M1 ?. o" p4 p0 [: [/ othe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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( x- @, @7 V! W4 V3 LResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 4 V" X$ p( B* x2 B$ g" e2 _
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.) W& U3 t' k0 n1 d: i7 i
2 \+ `( j2 t PThe 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! _& i; y; C/ o
5 [, U' {: b% i# jIt 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., }- m* @2 Y4 [: B6 }# d
/ F3 J8 M5 W5 K$ K: ^. X! q& t"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."/ T% Q" g+ @: S3 a5 n% M
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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. N9 l8 [2 G3 B) ?, x6 ~
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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.1 Z/ p; D7 f# Y) B/ I- s
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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.": O$ M; z i1 ?+ O, }
, \9 t0 y0 }7 ^4 u6 E+ T) \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.
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* k. o3 {3 P9 |"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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6 `0 c- t4 ?5 t9 LFergus 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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/ F7 g) r/ c R4 }. _9 I | tThey 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?"1 X4 n* @3 g* |, F3 x+ _
3 P/ Q2 c e; F, D& z- q* l X5 S# TOfficials 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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; g% i H, L! u4 T) JAided 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.8 u/ _& J# B# w" Y" d% p0 c
7 j* K9 Y' ^' O3 N: zCoulson 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.5 `6 s; M* m7 W z. Z' _! n! @3 y
% L- [7 L* `+ L& y+ 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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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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% g/ c+ o. c! `. a, z! {0 ]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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! ~9 A+ w8 a! a6 A: r5 m7 b8 o2 ADuring 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. 6 c; x6 i' N4 R* y9 |" o
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3 ?9 C( G( u; s. x6 O"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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"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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