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thank you for the news, 6 p9 \+ d1 {3 E! J! {
i have some news from toronto too...$ ^! m+ j& @4 ~; N! A' r
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.) f/ w. P3 A: O# C, q
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. x& K5 A' O. ^0 S) K9 I2 J1 d! W
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_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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- x, S$ ?% g4 f4 a" @& i xsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the 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 * }2 |% X: z1 h n+ E
by: PAUL CHOI
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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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* D9 [0 {0 B/ G/ O0 x GThe 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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; ]. o* B/ @7 n- j! S8 i+ |! g"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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- {' z9 E; O" L2 A7 R% b, f! i# h2 VA 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.
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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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: Q0 B% D2 V, K% R$ r& B& tOn 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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+ t" X% V1 W6 q( FAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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) Z7 M# s/ _- o"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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# Y8 V4 g* Y! Z; {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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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.
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/ x3 j, K7 Y$ f7 f3 }% C# u"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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4 e0 w! g- O2 \$ J& [( |+ tOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.' ^1 v& Y7 P- y' t
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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., _4 O' T Z6 f) h% m' {0 H4 l- w3 D
0 o8 C5 ^* L" v4 G2 _; l3 GCoulson 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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& }) ?" L1 \" \, R) |0 u! \- z"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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9 ~3 I5 l, @5 @" N- [8 VDue 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. 1 f" p2 b, i1 N( e$ W: W- M2 Q
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 8 z% ]1 O. T6 j2 P1 B, k
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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. & ~2 D6 G5 x2 q0 L5 t2 a+ p
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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. / X' D# F5 B9 E3 f
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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. ) l; h6 M5 d+ V: Y2 i& |3 _* y* N
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