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$ X6 Y' L1 e5 o0 \thank you for the news, 8 |7 u1 ^ h% r0 a+ [) S" }
i have some news from toronto too...
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0 v9 P- d, Y! `. h; a5 M0 ?toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
4 A& t' ^$ r( lthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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$ `- n$ b( G5 |. x# Q8 }1 ehttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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, j. s) t. c0 N1 |" V3 Lsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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! v9 z3 Q* f) bthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.! o& K8 a( M/ }2 }) x& r
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 ]. r6 Y) J. G1 u5 D/ F% H
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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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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"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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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.$ ]) ~# H" C: x
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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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) D) s* e, D5 T g"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."3 `. [8 S- M, t. Y0 N" }+ B# b
! Q' a4 C0 F5 T3 @8 _On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.+ K" B3 m" ?! w# ?/ U& o
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.& c2 e8 v) Q5 v! z- X) G
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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.". W* K" g% H2 t3 Y) W
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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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" s# b) Q) {% E- q, \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./ S3 C: X: E6 L$ x8 |
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 Y6 _+ t6 P$ M
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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.
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# @8 k' j' J1 w CAided 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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$ m" Z! O* X" ]% m# Q5 D, a0 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.4 D- _9 L2 x! S% [/ e' }
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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. ) x8 d6 a# E) t1 S! ^* Q
$ M, f. L5 m- t& `* H( t5 k2 _7 Z8 FThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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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. ]3 P2 a8 H+ W5 b& } X( z# \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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. % u, X6 w- h0 V: z, c. P! q4 g
' {% X3 T3 u8 g' k"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. , O& _+ ]' B0 V
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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. M2 R# c' Z+ Z! s$ p
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