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9 F; u! y. T/ n$ E6 k7 P$ ithank you for the news,
( N% i* h$ h) l) U# w$ X; Oi have some news from toronto too...
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" X; d/ B/ E+ x# M7 l f# X0 [toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.1 j( L% x! X( A
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.# b3 {2 [5 @8 w2 m
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg. i7 b5 Q! P# R4 s; s
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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" v1 `; ]# m+ B, V# Q8 asouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado+ w) V% [4 U- T" w/ h$ q# B4 M) n
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* ~& t7 c: Q$ i# N( h& E, 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
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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.3 K# Q! L, C: _7 n+ o6 F
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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.- }3 H: o% |) B
6 s+ [; |" I! @6 NIt 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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- q, q# X5 j3 D% T# H+ Y. Z+ B! eA 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.$ k' v4 l6 G! S8 Z2 j! v; p
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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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.& t3 v5 ~- f# `" |
! r, I1 F, f6 P8 H1 k3 g/ bAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ |& p) T# X% ^2 ]% p% {7 u+ Z* s
` t+ \0 S* F4 ?% d/ @8 p"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."# G5 h. Y3 J* O$ S! D( E
6 F# y1 F0 E2 `8 A2 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.
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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.* r+ K0 d0 w3 G% l
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". }2 q7 y) n, w4 W
1 ?) y% y, ^/ r' b/ P6 Y. TOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes." Z+ z& v; T# f( P2 w' B9 P
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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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' G! B4 x" x' i, [6 r1 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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; R- T, c9 ^) l- z$ dDue 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. 2 i. B/ U8 j$ O( @* }$ h
0 D! H( J( f5 E4 H& q- \* N+ wThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 6 v: s7 K% G: x
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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. 8 H4 \& x3 u" u! x
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. + q) W3 G9 ]+ c E' j) H
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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. 1 W8 G6 D( {: ^, z: P8 S6 f
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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.( _0 R; d( n( Y
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