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4 o0 h$ r- Q' v, I2 D4 F: B: Jthank you for the news, : P0 c: s$ R( U. C. L
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.$ s# G8 w5 _9 |& X0 r( g& u( K2 B
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.# D' t9 ^ n- ?! D5 M+ N( e
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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9 b C, c. D. H" Ehttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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& w& ^! V ?+ J: W+ O5 [- r3 Osouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado9 M. P" l6 X$ a9 L
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8 q1 s D1 P: g; W+ Y. t9 f! Y: Y' Jthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.) \$ |0 j' g% e$ J- [; T
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado : j! u4 R; q, y1 u( l
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0 b- Z' a" y. T9 T" N( K2 B% Y8 aTORONTO (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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% f$ J c9 [. v2 e6 M: d& 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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. _: @+ i! ^) 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." h- P$ c1 G9 V, ^; b7 @0 Q$ Y
- Z' ~ h3 I9 I' z u* c* o. H& o"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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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.4 I! ?2 y5 R& T/ k( [+ N0 `; L7 J' k
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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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$ Q7 W1 [( ~/ R# TAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.8 }- j* Q, r+ C& a" r9 A
. D$ R- U+ A# b) I) ^0 _6 S) c$ B"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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% }* L3 R1 O$ 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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7 [6 k- l* a9 o* d. b5 `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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$ s/ |6 I5 o. @; @# [) ?" M( i"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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, |: {' X& z9 U- E/ f( ~Officials 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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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.- ~6 B4 l* n/ g, @
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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.2 x# O+ v0 F2 N2 l3 A
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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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- U4 m' ~( h% NThe 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.
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" `6 g# U& L0 l, Y& 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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7 D- Y# I1 r* g3 Z"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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