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% F5 J! |0 i& o# Qthank you for the news, 0 w# W, q& f- N9 d) {- t
i have some news from toronto too...9 `6 ^* |7 H0 E+ p$ O' s
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
D A6 H1 S9 D1 }! K) r7 c. K7 cthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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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
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.4 q' s$ E4 G2 s
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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% [% ?$ D' X! C/ D) vSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET5 h' L' K3 H' X, J' x' {3 a0 i/ j; Z
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( T- j7 {) n- I- Q3 w2 sTORONTO (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.& n2 o: Z8 G/ I& h2 ~
. M. r# `- v$ I" E$ ]" g% gThe 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.! t8 e$ R8 b b9 _: z
8 s' O& }; z0 a4 I6 jIt 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.8 x" `6 h. B. { d3 a, v7 ]9 i: o7 V
6 W0 D) D, I9 q9 d! o: T& ]4 Y"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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) Q; Q" i* p/ [% KElsewhere 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.
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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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# Z( N( b z: V( D7 uOn 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.: S1 X, B6 d4 g
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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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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.6 ~ Q9 u8 k* \, ]
7 O! @% I6 U- o A gThey 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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* M: |4 F/ |2 [2 H! G) J. o"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.- v* G R5 L# n7 P3 y0 L1 Q
8 L% R) M5 b5 p* vAided 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.0 y o- G( e4 n3 {1 L, ?/ O
% C$ L( F0 L0 b- N8 V" V* OCoulson 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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/ X8 i: e y$ j* _- {4 R"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. 9 ^3 M R1 N9 l6 ?
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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/ b4 j6 \; q6 Q& |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. & Z$ P: E" R S) h* s2 [; Q( Z
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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 7 J, A* K. X" _2 a$ ?- G
+ R: ^( n5 a# H" S* B"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. 8 U, ^3 ?. r1 k M4 f6 |( P, l
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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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