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thank you for the news,
( z+ W4 z! h, Yi have some news from toronto too...7 N% q: T8 A+ _) S7 t
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: I0 {9 P$ {0 @6 z/ H- o$ I
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday." [4 s9 c! m2 d/ f
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+ b# a7 N9 l8 i: s2 E. C9 khttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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% H4 L( F: n( j P7 ?/ d% Dsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado- W& r1 D$ G& [7 N
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. O/ V O: q( u! n K" G
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. m" v% k" m4 V. HResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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6 x8 l' ^+ d7 _/ ASat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET/ X, f* c: c5 c; V* d+ P+ O- U
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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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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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- G# w" Y; A: K7 r"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.") H$ g' n9 S1 D# r9 @) B9 ^7 a: x
0 K: [! g }# v9 p! j6 A1 Q! _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.( _, S$ `! }* Y8 S
( e; v* e' F1 a( Y4 ^2 @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.* `) L6 _6 \1 B
# c2 f- v" C" S6 e( m) v"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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/ ^; z! A) y6 J% N! ^9 uOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.$ X& a& H q- L# V3 g7 h, d! r
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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."
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: |) t1 T( A3 Z+ 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.) b% u: y: ^# G# E
& M: K. I+ T: z; X"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.9 P2 m: W9 T z* C; u
1 S9 \$ |/ ~( V/ \" ]1 wAided 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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6 G, s( r1 N p! xCoulson 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.5 |1 P6 o* T9 }" E% r
) e a3 E8 _ J7 L9 Y"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.' l# e; x2 a1 U8 c, g
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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. 7 Y8 [5 F+ t: L/ u
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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4 c5 o0 b8 S; M3 VMeanwhile 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. ' k/ {$ X9 k5 P& p
* h; z G c/ f+ k4 SDuring 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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, N1 {$ Y8 V6 m* D4 \4 |& C4 lBut 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. / G3 x- W8 W4 Q: T
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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.
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