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& W$ P A, {8 C( P: L B! F. Wthank you for the news, 4 S% C; N/ i( g9 X
i have some news from toronto too...
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M* V# ]* Y2 Ltoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.- b- U4 L% C) Q- C" q P
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.% m8 I* c6 T9 m# L9 n0 x
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg* S% ~5 y2 W0 ?# w0 z0 A
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http://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_flood_050819.jpg
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& o; V- H8 _! z) P+ isouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.% Q$ S g4 O) k* `4 f/ P0 Y6 |
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C/ o# `$ C* }( c8 X) l6 PResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 4 g4 }0 o9 H% ~7 a
by: PAUL CHOI " r% D* p' {8 \) Y& O8 n
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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.
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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.5 r0 \( R5 b% u
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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.
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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.
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& k- V& k/ q2 \8 TElsewhere 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.$ s; y# v3 m8 c0 k0 E3 N$ m
! _* Q) _4 g$ C1 n"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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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./ a3 t) {. A5 F) H; {# N4 ^1 e4 `
, [" |) Q/ K6 [ l1 z" b: S"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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/ I. i' x, V) x e' PFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.' D8 e; X. x; j E. U2 ]0 W( m5 g
. p: e$ Z0 r0 X0 pThey 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.& z) j0 L8 E+ H# \: l* w9 U
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 b* h$ ^8 v7 {& V; L
- d; W) p m( ^Officials 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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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.* k( ?1 L, P$ \$ C
" V2 S; e8 f& i, z6 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./ d2 w# {0 ~# h q* Z- h1 P' h
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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.* r) ?6 P! `: b
# S1 K( K. {# ~+ q( t4 I) {& HDue 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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. - M2 f4 q. h! M" |4 p$ N
6 u4 z& |. i3 h3 D$ l* @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. 2 K! y8 ^9 y" R9 t
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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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% l+ u3 M9 u0 f" PBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 5 M6 ]. u d i: K- d* ]
3 P4 G" X/ H' L$ i4 k"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.
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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.* q- P7 c, S6 R4 L& T' ?
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