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) A9 F# F0 Z) _5 f h+ V: zthank you for the news, # h. g8 z0 e4 }, G4 t$ v# M9 l
i have some news from toronto too...
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. f( H$ m! d; _% h, rtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. s: {% W! g( I5 i* q$ ?
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.6 O; M* b* e: O# W& f
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7 V9 L1 D- L3 y: u8 h& O9 ehttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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3 Y7 [. C, J' S l/ jsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado, \# A* `! ^& ^& E0 V: {
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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" l2 F3 ^3 R- u, N! _: P; rResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado - E8 }% i1 S) Q: |. _3 I t S
by: PAUL CHOI - Q1 [) J' C& G* {
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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# c3 }. w- N/ q5 W$ E0 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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4 \& Y5 M$ _6 C4 u+ p5 y! F- xThe 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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"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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f8 L' [' K$ v& ?6 I7 CElsewhere 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." h4 h* Y: T! I9 b* F& `# y
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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."& M! r2 r% U! h2 o; Y0 D
7 F- t" K1 y& ^) [- BOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.4 \/ m2 j2 {! i O) x5 E
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- m" R6 u% C$ l# ^; I
0 h4 G! z- L) Y7 r/ D"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."5 s+ o2 F1 a! o7 D. I; w7 n$ v5 ?
* e' }3 M4 A3 M( v8 I7 h5 l0 D6 \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.+ v0 X: o5 g) j# `7 f" ?, S
% A: j4 Z4 W& M2 Q2 HThey 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.( d% ~6 F5 y* T* b1 e3 j# `& j- @2 _) ^
" @6 S7 @. j' t( b( I$ t0 ]' h"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"& ^. S- p" K3 t3 @
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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.
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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.) }! @$ p( q4 U/ \1 h, B4 ~
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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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: a" |' F" D! `9 \+ O* S"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.9 m# O, V: x2 S/ z6 z' h2 L
) @) V+ Y1 J5 _2 q5 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. ' ~- X/ c" m$ H' Y6 e# y
R, {% J( ~ o% OThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. H7 l3 H6 F# }
8 K P* s* I! u) fMeanwhile 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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/ ~5 F; F5 v5 D9 r/ z7 _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. . J) r5 I. M& K4 c+ c
u: [( x5 u7 D3 Y/ IBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ! p' W/ ~" k' r" b& j6 O* F
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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.
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* M1 `9 Q+ T1 h/ X$ W( m1 _ f D7 j"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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