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thank you for the news, 7 K8 L& c$ d z5 a& s8 r) o
i have some news from toronto too...
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, D7 {* v& ~; L4 z) t' @toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
5 f' {" P& ?( v) j' f, Fthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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% J1 J! p, D, Bhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg% X3 Y7 c/ a4 d" {0 G- `9 u7 a- ]
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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8 O2 ^$ |+ t. b& Q3 isouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado/ f+ v( e3 I7 N
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.& p! H6 a7 k3 E9 m& |: ?
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3 l! e9 n7 }: ]/ @Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 2 x( }- a4 _2 P' a/ I7 S j
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Sat 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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* X5 ^: K2 d i3 @. {" aThe 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.9 b- `# g+ ]' X
0 P# N0 l: I0 D: m6 [3 I, ?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." C: R$ ~& \8 H, A2 ~
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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."9 a# r% [/ I1 G, q3 |0 b& n
6 B6 b5 V+ e/ J# a2 U- [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.1 o$ G, [2 Y. n' j
- @2 N9 _ `/ [' Y1 [/ 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.: p' D4 `' T" R( X6 T2 ^% r
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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."6 U/ t( O2 G% n
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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.. ~! E5 r+ M1 }! @2 q; x: d
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- Y( H6 g7 x/ a3 p9 c( m. ?
}) z8 H8 m4 v; `"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." x& q, ]9 ~% W/ g
# m1 A0 R* [# h! n/ y: C& p* XFergus 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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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' Y% |; z, @3 VOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.& j3 \- E$ A4 J
* d: i& d* K* y+ Q" D' W( g9 lAided 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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$ {8 u B k9 O$ F/ z# t& M" yCoulson 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.
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: W3 p% w. V4 P9 ~; K% TDue 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. 3 G' n( j5 n4 J3 y0 E
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0 ]( v) @6 O. ]0 m U0 W: [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. * e2 i2 N3 w6 D/ b2 {/ z/ D1 q
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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. ) n# }' e, k! Z/ P
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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) L$ ~3 d$ j3 I5 N9 ^! ~$ }"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. # o7 {/ s) F# c
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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.. @) r6 C+ d& O ^( i, s
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