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thank you for the news, $ j& @, X3 U: T% p
i have some news from toronto too...7 U% ^2 E' F+ \# O5 m
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.' L# K, c) J0 b* ]- e
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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0 a9 S6 m+ v! Y& ~3 p+ ghttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg$ l: H3 m& W& N/ a7 H
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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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9 k- X4 L% o% n R0 Sthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.% J, E: `% v* _$ ^ C8 N3 ~
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado * E" x! v+ V/ X1 H
by: PAUL CHOI
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8 \1 K, a; Y! L7 H4 P0 f2 |( w: ?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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. I* B' S, f) 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.4 |% t+ ^0 K# F" _ q. F
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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." Q" x' T0 {, T3 F% x4 x
1 L% Q* y) D! w" e) 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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6 l3 _1 k K9 j! j8 o; z1 {- h8 }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.' p& r5 r3 O( o9 i5 h* _
- s5 f4 I1 j, ]/ d" I" @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.
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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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( u) [* N6 A# [9 ROn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.5 _( z/ v: A* y d; U
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.: ^1 `: g a- N9 n- {
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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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( ? s! d) g8 [) ?# G7 R: IFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.# o+ ~5 h* c7 c; {; R
( @6 }$ `9 S, l0 ?/ I4 H+ r- _+ TThey 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.2 B& F5 K$ d' z, T+ S5 B
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"* u. _' A' w/ D& e- A
! J8 V* C- E4 S0 w8 [$ p% M. P3 lOfficials 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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8 c P6 Y2 ?( i8 j1 ~% @- 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.
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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.% ?4 y8 M5 X" S9 b. K
% p z0 |1 m. ]( c7 i; `- XDue 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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3 C1 H( t& N7 `. f% M' UThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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% ]: g Z* g) ZMeanwhile 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. m5 Y: L4 @9 T
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 9 n8 K- ~) A2 @1 J, z3 c
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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. ( A) u: G. @3 D% ~& D
2 ?: J2 i2 x! c+ j, _. k"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.- p' @ C7 S! J9 A. `% v& |) I
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