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. C/ i* e) q+ E# `/ k& c6 [4 s/ mthank you for the news, & x* ~! i2 A8 ^$ z+ j* Q
i have some news from toronto too...
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* L; o& c; l4 U% x! \" i. G: Storonto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
! M" _$ M8 o: m" g @these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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, V& u1 _3 \0 A$ ]5 hsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado1 N2 s; P( `2 x+ D8 c4 e) `
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.- e* ^( G1 j- O6 ]3 O) i2 q
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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.) @7 F/ e$ _7 W$ P
3 ~1 \( D9 H# OIt 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.", t h% C/ B1 F+ O, Q' Z
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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.
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9 I1 D& g8 \, LElsewhere 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.( J4 C0 K& y$ F8 q% A5 \ E2 e
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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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.+ t% X) A# _& j+ [# e7 S( }
3 [2 q' z! V8 l5 nAmidst 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."& y4 t c' J2 S
8 Y# t ?; S0 W3 L8 WFergus 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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5 w# l) @" c6 z0 FThey 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.$ b4 C( l. M0 o
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"; {) d- i: k' D- p
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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.% o C; b& q) V/ ?0 A( ~4 ^5 r
+ n" W p% u9 Z8 \: v4 z9 dAided 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. s) ~: l+ M7 R) z
0 @) L0 u% b& Y5 H$ M. ECoulson 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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4 U% q j" c' M4 z$ Y' l7 Q, ~6 s"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. % v2 E0 c; T( B9 u* [6 L- C6 x
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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]: K% O4 I% ~! w* R4 WMeanwhile 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. 1 A+ a" o& z- g# s/ V
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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. 8 R: j& l( ^6 h
; o. C" z" d! P0 Y0 Y& @" D- JBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. : D: m, l% ^+ k0 E7 `
+ M* E2 ^# g& i8 B' c+ V: C. a"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.
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+ z% W& l" R8 }0 l"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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