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thank you for the news,
# M- P7 s* `% Z9 R1 @/ x) D5 xi have some news from toronto too...* |3 V2 t+ I' q! D
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
1 ~6 |0 V+ Y$ ]4 U- `! V6 xthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.) b, @: T1 W, ^7 d. s
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$ ~2 G0 U/ D& z! u7 Z: N+ khttp://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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9 D, {5 o/ S9 c" w7 V, x; ?" F8 Psouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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' ?/ F# I, J ^7 H8 cthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 4 I& a# s. U7 Z, f0 e
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET2 t( j( _! o' u' c2 Z
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1 w3 J/ ^6 x8 S: c* ETORONTO (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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The 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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( _5 L/ T( {" V. B$ lIt 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.. f* U! m1 e5 _. r
1 o' \1 [+ Q$ m6 g8 T! d" ZElsewhere 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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0 q% M" d! ^) w! |0 ["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+ e- ^+ ^+ h0 R! p/ i
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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.- X& ?6 ]) c7 n* h8 Q" v9 s+ o
8 t: s3 `0 M! u) u+ t"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."/ k6 q! T' x0 z5 X- W( f+ @8 o+ v
' X2 n5 n( V+ E' _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.3 Q% M2 Z# Y6 H. _/ t" l2 O( B/ t
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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 ]: s! q- f3 x7 W$ Y; {
2 G& y* J/ |; F- ~"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"0 Z+ G7 ^4 B) o3 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.2 d( @ w Z* o6 R" @6 e& Q
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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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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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"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.2 J4 X7 ]# K' K: H4 v, W8 X
) p Z% J( x+ l UDue 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. 5 c U s/ [7 L
4 E9 S+ d! k% F* ?* N$ }& d/ zThe 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.
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$ h9 ~& `, S6 d) _2 k- NBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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5 }9 `$ w: G8 n$ 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. ( [. X, V3 u# W# f6 s
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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.9 s4 j2 D( W3 {' u: P
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