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Originally posted by 1st過七萬!!! at 8/20/2005 17:32:
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thank you for the news, & F! T  y% A$ ?0 B! d
i have some news from toronto too...
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9 N7 k! M, G# L. c  A8 atoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday.  Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.& ]( [7 @7 l2 V2 y  z, n
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.! i' ^6 x) ^, k7 e
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& j9 h3 h0 A+ U& O9 S* l! D( h/ |2 A0 Vsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado5 V( \0 u. r2 D; c* ?

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6 S2 B1 i  A6 k9 ]the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage., f6 k( e0 Z, D
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1 b( h1 |8 ~& ]: \( b8 k) Z0 Y+ ?1 SResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 5 O3 t1 d6 G  ?4 f; {' h3 x
by:  PAUL CHOI
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/ m" ?; }9 ^3 o/ h+ d/ _5 ?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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' a7 m1 k& e- r3 Z, a- F" G4 eIt 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.1 Q. P+ k/ e5 `: Y
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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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. _9 j! [5 i  SA 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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. j3 c0 a7 p' `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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* a* t$ p" @; D2 I5 B# b4 ^0 IOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.7 K6 Y# S; D3 n( `, p4 m
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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."# k8 |8 F  [4 J0 f6 |% B$ y: i$ T

' A' o, k9 J6 h% v% S6 x* hFergus 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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& @, z: `& W+ E' T- K0 X"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"3 R, Z8 {9 {6 M3 B, ~
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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.  D4 b. v7 w. y% D# a9 q# y
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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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* F% O* w' X# X* a" ?Coulson 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.: }* H4 }' l, X/ s
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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.& `( ]7 b& V4 q4 ]. j" j% Q  U

! F( Y4 P! Q- c( v- O  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. " b" v$ ], R5 i
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. : N( z" k' o- z0 H7 Z6 f! M+ z  v) h
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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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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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( [! _( \9 ]& y) J; V, S1 L  U3 SBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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5 M/ ~$ k. `6 @8 S  d$ u"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. ( h+ [: g( f+ d* ~' K' D
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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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