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thank you for the news, ) `- D1 K5 N9 S! h/ u# w
i have some news from toronto too...% \3 q0 S& K+ d& T4 @
% H% M8 x/ }4 V n) S8 @toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!., u7 R9 B: i; o( t+ L! C( j
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.) l' B9 K* B* K6 [/ w) M) V
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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2 R" |! u' s. `1 h, T0 R6 jhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg# H# f7 e, {6 v/ T5 P6 B
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+ Z8 M: s2 J3 W: t7 _" a4 s8 o- Esouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado# {% f/ _4 M. m2 h8 D
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7 j3 |; p; H# \7 X5 L* W( H! Athe 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 ) ]8 L, M4 C! q
by: PAUL CHOI . E" r4 A3 s* q4 Q p. 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.% A( T4 L2 J( c6 X( m
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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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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."( w- o3 t! `, U* c8 s5 h
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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.2 B0 O! s$ n: h9 \
0 G9 u+ `$ q" B/ W4 BElsewhere 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.7 D. `! p# b0 b( ~
' [$ a/ D3 U( |* Y"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." R3 ^4 v0 u8 ^( d& o
* f; Q1 \* n0 [1 @Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.+ x; T# b2 i; Z0 t" s- e4 V* l
. y* V, l9 J6 p+ p( e/ ]+ h"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."% {1 Z* L! ?, x1 t: @0 s
# G3 Q# _% h, {0 y @0 C0 wFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.( M' r# x$ X. y, D( ]1 }
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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.' d# N# `$ f* Y- _/ I
1 }6 O9 y6 Y2 o: ]! l"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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% e& K- P5 l. f4 X) V; M$ Q. EOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.# {, `8 l/ [" o" j9 n7 W
, L. G9 x& h, v+ k: NAided 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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; J3 w! N; ^) h$ Q2 K2 q$ M# O9 zCoulson 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.: T; ~$ }5 N6 q
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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. * I- U8 O3 {) H' i
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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, L6 c8 @$ @0 s; RMeanwhile 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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; `- a7 k O/ l0 QDuring 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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8 }; j& F0 h# I. u0 }, J6 N/ L) pBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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.
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4 ^3 n F/ t, T8 b, }8 F$ ?5 H+ T) X"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.% I" C% [1 H1 w" M$ O
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