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thank you for the news,
# o, }' j' N1 Qi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.6 R0 r, Q1 {; E5 O4 s
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.: B) ?& M8 g& r' }$ M8 _" P
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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% W" m$ c' ^, j" F& D! dsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado2 W& j- ]; O9 B
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M4 D1 V$ m l0 S3 y$ Nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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6 l/ o6 G0 M- q8 f- i0 ]Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 2 R+ o* j) Q) x; g3 L
by: PAUL CHOI * f, q' X, O3 l" J4 b. X1 @4 {
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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' @' v. K2 N4 d- ~, b$ ?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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+ k8 h1 c* Z4 ]5 ?7 e) W2 @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.3 ~9 N1 w% x L1 T; M- ~& _2 [2 V* x! |
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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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6 d% T S7 Z- J; d9 V( Z6 J$ aA 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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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.3 X2 Q1 g- W" u; b
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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.; \( n8 m6 q3 D$ k# {; l% L# [1 g
, l! V4 d6 d: h1 }: [6 z8 hAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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: P) G- N: h, r% q+ B) v+ 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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5 [! V/ f% ]2 R3 Q/ G3 f0 }6 eFergus 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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8 N6 N) u+ q9 K. I) o. nThey 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.0 V9 f0 D1 @4 m. g I9 d
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"4 k. G& Z2 J$ a% v0 w9 G( n! V
3 I0 `; q2 W9 Y9 t* j( l8 xOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.- s2 o( b3 S, k" [" W8 x
Y# a J8 Y+ u( W- TAided 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.& D' z2 Q3 L( V3 m R6 u
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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.1 D# [5 L4 z% d3 @# L1 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.
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: i3 S, U; Q1 v" EThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ' a4 ]3 n1 E$ }3 Q! L, X2 c
5 m2 h; Y6 m5 j9 M ?1 LMeanwhile 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. 6 S9 ?2 [. H( H' y9 \
- f3 E% f/ B2 j. }3 \6 YDuring 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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But 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. ' W; L# m) M- y! ? R2 u
- C/ d/ r# E6 m( ?8 m2 Q"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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