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thank you for the news,
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" B! J$ N- G$ l% W$ Btoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
j; _; d5 d7 j& X: O6 nthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.; `, Y9 B: x' _6 n5 z
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' ]' p3 Y" I0 o2 Whttp://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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& z) @, k+ \9 y5 |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.1 [! Q W+ t6 m& P: I0 X
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 3 f# U" w. R7 d) e- Q! i4 s
by: PAUL CHOI
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8 D. `1 e: D" c* I+ iTORONTO (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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. `4 t3 s( g2 y& r: 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.: n+ S6 x9 A% @8 `3 L3 t" N
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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.5 c: X& @9 M( m9 W0 G% O
' @: b# n3 r* R( \% D& K5 J"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."( ~* P3 n- k* C
8 @* Z$ @# n& h- P O% @) p5 h8 dA 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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& Z( u/ A, ~6 ]( U( B0 a" 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.0 T: v% b1 }# C! U, Q- |
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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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! w# j1 l# k6 _0 eOn 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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"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 K4 K* C) U* o8 J5 g
& f1 i! Z- w5 |" jFergus 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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' [7 `+ e! D6 ]3 h# u1 E, JThey 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.# Q9 V5 ]6 M, @
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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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$ b) j/ L6 E" Q7 V/ Z ZOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.
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# \6 b9 |% @9 e0 rAided 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.$ y* z2 P! ?% V! z6 |& Y. m1 _! ^
; l: i2 e5 }% 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.
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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. ( Z! u2 b) O* r! ?- ~
- L9 w* S C, } jThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 6 {# m) v/ d# V9 \ p
! y0 ?" X! `; mMeanwhile 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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. A2 v/ \4 o/ sDuring 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. / L) L: W3 @. j, ]! U4 J
! R, |9 N4 v# |) O+ xBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 3 `( q5 d* g2 u! n- f
0 Q7 S# k1 A j9 c1 C"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. ' I, [' {) Y+ N1 w
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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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