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thank you for the news, % z8 l. _4 z% A. A( I
i have some news from toronto too...
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3 l" s! u' q0 P: I/ ^) [toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.% l) A- ?5 f @
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg% V; d4 t5 q: ~) Q
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado D4 S5 |$ q% K6 e \0 N
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( f' }6 U- b" z) G5 Ithe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. ?9 q2 a( ]1 h- b1 c
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Residents 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.1 Z* r; d- [3 I: t4 O
0 r# q: g; W- M8 u# m) ]4 bThe 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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6 f2 W) I/ W1 c d" Z5 R e8 ?/ mIt 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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" D) i; M- ^& {& L"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.! @ V0 v5 ` ~. J7 {+ o- 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."1 U- A8 R% m# O M' b, \
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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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5 h8 a$ H% p0 }7 e3 G) L/ X"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 T; G1 c# i" Z5 }' f1 ^
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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.2 o& y7 Q3 a/ p9 a: l9 V
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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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"& k/ D- I" j Y; U1 N! u" z
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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.# w3 n3 X/ O) ?
# E& v* {* N; F* h7 sAided 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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' P4 J( G% A/ s. a5 W$ BCoulson 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.2 Z& P! e$ L5 N b' } Q5 o
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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. ' s1 H' l% f9 N3 V) N
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ! q" j# M5 E2 Z, \8 B6 W1 O, \; Q
0 N2 P, r, m( S: wMeanwhile 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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2 |9 ?" ^( r" e* J2 Q8 \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. 0 e$ C% S; u) |1 r( @, _( E' L! o0 s9 A
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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. ( N% k9 s/ z( ?! t; B- a8 j% {
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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.
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