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thank you for the news,
; E6 b- d, C8 v" oi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.6 N' m$ Q @$ h' v+ C& s# v; _
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.1 m! [" |4 s- |1 `& V( C
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3 \) |& ^; @- b5 ^: S$ q+ Ihttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg1 C- R5 }1 @9 l8 A
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado9 G* q5 k2 W R" Z
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.2 O3 ^" [6 F4 |! m
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+ U% H% @( O- X3 C" E+ ]" ^) ]Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 4 m7 r! U7 g: {; U9 i
by: PAUL CHOI $ I' d9 \. q! d( L7 C0 P
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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4 {" Y' m2 Q5 s. W) n5 TTORONTO (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.
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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.
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3 V5 R" w4 L% B) G7 ~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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5 e# O2 q% I0 w# Y! Z"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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5 x" @* m1 F7 m; C" S" @; EElsewhere 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."" I! r! F1 v1 b9 }. n; Y
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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 k$ E/ D* `4 Y: {' I) o4 x
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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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Fergus 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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7 d2 A( R5 X- ]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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". a0 ?6 I( @' J6 k- l+ a8 ?/ q
- m; ^& w* c! k2 hOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.' u% p2 B* A( z4 o1 r5 E0 u
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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.8 t# D! N+ M1 L4 j& {" U
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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.
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1 A+ \1 R5 O4 \" sDue 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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4 C! j& P7 z- F1 C, ^The 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. 7 P; g( }$ A- A: B6 x, q* {% i
6 u0 p8 l) _ T& ODuring 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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"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. % `7 v# x) M" v8 |' f# N
! n% I: A4 c* w2 F% T! C4 f: y2 j3 `"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. D+ g3 e6 F4 v/ }. k0 |
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