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thank you for the news,
( H, X4 }; B( V8 @ Z& p3 Si have some news from toronto too...( @) J. f6 `$ I- \) n% G* Q
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. n9 k9 s+ S/ p# _2 N5 s! F
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. C6 y: o* X9 V5 l$ y4 Y* o, O! C- b1 u
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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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- b6 f* N4 A$ |3 i; L# P% Uthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage./ @* K. s; N& g" c4 M8 o
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 _* Y2 `* Z; M
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& t5 W* S* r& I- I3 JTORONTO (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.) U1 ?: j& v$ I! ~/ L0 M( n
5 }- v" t; H" AThe 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.% R: ^9 z! a0 F& B' R9 A
, {9 E$ e: K" ~- J7 oIt 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.4 l& [( G, N0 }4 I2 A' ?
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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."4 `0 Q+ n- w( p4 F2 k* q9 ~' k
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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.0 w/ O5 K. E) t* A
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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.
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/ c+ |8 Y" t7 P T! jAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.$ ~* a5 l3 \6 x0 t
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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."5 c2 I: Q# f; q2 d, B1 \: u5 b
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Fergus 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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7 i# h! q# Q/ K+ W$ n3 I; sThey 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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"* ?/ h) f/ r( r( L+ x9 j! L
+ e$ Q' ]" O& m7 ~Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.. f" s8 s# g- N. K- q* ]
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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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$ }, X) J# s" H# B: kCoulson 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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( R* I# ]' b$ h7 f# f"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.% T K, p- o; e3 V. N3 S3 s
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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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0 g+ W4 w! u3 `2 Q8 i6 L' n4 SMeanwhile 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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. A; \7 C- h5 b! i"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. & i3 I- C) U. _; P7 {( }# y# ~
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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." ~: t' z& N% x! ~
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