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thank you for the news, 7 e# w1 t6 e8 y V1 k2 Y
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!!!.# e. u( g9 ]4 L7 q- F7 h
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.' T+ e3 }$ h9 M2 K" d5 _
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado% w, ^4 h7 m% O' E; y
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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0 _! r6 A5 e0 r9 bResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ) C) c% d* D; i+ P5 `: R: p: z! R
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.
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+ j2 Q W D u2 R. c7 v: V+ D* W0 yThe 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.8 J* U- i; M' S( p+ o4 n# i
7 ]4 v: N/ k0 W4 vIt 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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' f2 g+ e- C: Y& q: g! G5 e/ r6 u"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."7 l- u2 f4 |+ u- w5 n% p$ {5 i* s
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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.6 m3 G U! s1 Y: c5 ?- J% X( ]
) r- ^3 X, V2 O y* ~- O: I6 iElsewhere 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.# _3 g9 \, I! Q4 H$ O: E; ]
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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."4 [$ H, `$ O. ^$ B: Q6 j
+ S2 y. x: T1 `# l: h# d5 YOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.3 v2 q! M) H+ B! |& G# Z
. S4 b) P9 g/ _6 LAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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, n7 j7 e5 d7 ~. x/ a% M"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."3 ?. A$ {$ N/ B) B
" h8 }# k3 c1 y kFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.4 ~8 O% ?$ j/ V( k$ O" A+ I
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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.* @$ ] i# O$ L3 d
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 Z2 T/ r, Y4 N3 N
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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.# ?; K+ E8 X2 X6 `: Y g/ c1 h
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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. & A; X* C$ C* I# C5 ]; b# r
2 v& L: z# m' j, h4 W& E2 _* FBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ! H' ^, t: N( c% L
! N& S: v* n! ["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. & l) Q- F( } u- z0 Z
# Q7 [7 H- r# R$ v"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. L) I _2 f7 R/ M2 m
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