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* e$ `6 ]; b5 s# E/ m: y# _& Z. Kthank you for the news,
, p6 S7 w5 ^ }5 ~& \3 S6 ~% ui have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
4 F1 W7 w% l% g9 U' u% V8 k/ Z) }these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.2 U8 S ]* K9 I9 V) u; A, @
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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* L( C' T5 P J; n/ \- Esouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado7 O7 d9 F6 F# y* m$ K% S
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+ N& }6 _ `4 N* Kthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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' I( r! I2 d+ K0 e/ vResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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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' ^: O; b2 B4 U! k# u4 p0 HThe 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."- s. S' D R* V5 w6 O! N* V
8 @9 @8 ?6 i. L$ H2 |& NA 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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. _4 z% ]' P5 Y C8 i8 `" t& YElsewhere 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.5 J1 j; w) W$ Z+ I' u( w
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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."/ J4 |& B& I! Z$ \+ B% s- t
+ T, g& Q2 c% L1 {$ r, K; tOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.$ G" k2 v( v6 g+ X+ r) l
3 \7 h- j' [7 h3 T N8 MAmidst 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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5 j& x1 p& P. l4 H. K6 dFergus 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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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.3 \- l9 N# W9 E3 v
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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 [7 G- d; N3 _% q
; B) P; x& u' P& }1 S( l. _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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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.* W- P$ ^3 \/ P' c2 T9 y
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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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; @. ^0 t5 Y; ]: g1 v8 o( i& ^5 NDue 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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. ?* K# e1 p ^0 V9 kThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. r9 Y# |$ z5 h
1 U4 I- k! x- p4 W: s5 C* hMeanwhile 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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' R" {6 o4 x0 CDuring 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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7 q: J( w9 c( S2 \( k"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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% n) F, @, W/ i; m* ]" {"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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