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發表於 2005-8-21 08:10 AM
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thank you for the news,
8 m; X" A3 {$ I- G4 n$ ai have some news from toronto too...' ?" P4 H7 j/ V3 z5 c X1 g' G+ a( i
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.0 ~8 M' y' k X
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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1 i3 q) l X% N, H3 g0 y) ^" xhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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( j$ r/ e X/ `' j1 K. @, ssouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.4 s4 m5 j7 h0 W* J8 x
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . i5 `+ U# I% v. D+ r' [
by: PAUL CHOI
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* a' M Y+ x6 T, j* k! K6 u# NTORONTO (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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: e# Y/ v0 r5 i- ZThe 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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7 P! _2 |/ M7 ]7 X ?. qIt 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.& Z4 h1 b! D0 z: i# b6 _
, `/ @: |9 @3 J& _2 c"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."$ y. ]0 B- u/ A$ U
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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." ?% k% U& J% n7 F( I, A T
# n# z- k# j1 S: AElsewhere 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." h% w& o' T& C
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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."* o4 v+ q' e! E+ @
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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.
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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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2 {, m. b8 s, D) m7 M+ x! Y- hFergus 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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; Z. [, q, h! \ H* B4 J; n+ XThey 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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1 o0 ?$ O1 P7 Z( Y. ^* `: J"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"- ~8 T9 {5 }1 l3 M. y
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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.3 i! J* r5 _+ L
8 y1 W2 f! a: G( _5 f l9 C; DAided 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.1 y2 i* J2 h' r4 w$ ?* I1 w
" I! r- T- _( D; w. CCoulson 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.- {1 f# `# m7 k5 A$ ?
4 h- z/ W1 c* S; F2 j+ }; e: EDue 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. 1 l- a# o( ~+ V8 A7 L/ Q
. s+ |1 c- _0 q1 ?4 TThe 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 u7 m0 ^$ i: Z3 l" k
& I, p) }4 p9 p5 i# UDuring 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. 5 G* c& h2 ^* u) F2 r
# N2 ?* I/ O6 r! K+ ^$ v% |But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 9 {5 B$ g9 Z @% e% a2 ~
. n& i+ Q% }$ M9 |6 d* 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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"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.1 w5 b1 V0 M$ @+ E7 B3 p
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