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4 _, B4 j8 Q! \0 b# P3 O. Hthank you for the news,
; n8 Z% Q/ l: l7 li have some news from toronto too...
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: |. T( S; R: ktoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
$ }6 D! t! Q$ J+ K( w u& kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.% C. u) Q: q9 X' V, F) R) h3 f$ |. R
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: q2 u; k: `1 ?$ zhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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southwestern 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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1 T; k. X5 y. n4 u: LResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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1 W5 | w$ X( [ c; A7 T# j) [! OSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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.8 F6 }1 J2 J3 M Y
3 b n7 l* i/ g6 o3 |: ?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.: K- W* C( A: m& e# U6 [
& `" h5 H) ?7 N3 I+ E0 q"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.# B/ |; e% P# T* J
5 V7 j5 V8 h0 O, x/ dElsewhere 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.$ m7 H" R+ B* l. m3 P
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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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8 G+ B# x- i, [5 ]# Y' }) D0 L* oOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.6 X3 [' L: x/ C2 F! |$ ]
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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$ j; z% Y( ^7 C9 V1 [, C0 h"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."7 g% H& _) D6 g0 A, L
- N6 _4 Y: h$ N6 A% [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.+ J$ f( n: O/ Q1 i( S2 v v
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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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0 P% _% R0 u& k' g/ G u( a"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"; G: q- W7 d$ }8 u* Z8 e
- H/ u" v7 ] r3 B1 I& x/ v& A' nOfficials 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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" i! }3 {: r$ G1 ?& u2 C% p N: @- QAided 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. L: _! C! C2 ?% W" L/ f/ i a
* r7 e# v: C# k+ J. Q2 Q0 i+ qCoulson 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.. n, d+ g, L" m! 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. : q% W2 o% W) {* f
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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. 8 e& k9 {& X( d. j' B" R; Y
! a" l4 e/ r3 q" q) s3 pDuring 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. 2 k. I$ }: ?$ n, @! n0 v' _5 ?
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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. $ Q$ w9 P; q/ C" G4 K' X
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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.; q6 W( ]: F. G
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