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thank you for the news,
) Y2 Z0 D- B2 f g% t7 yi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.# \8 c2 o( v5 j0 D
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.# W- l$ X. m0 y; L1 F9 r
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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) S, d* `6 c* I- y1 V9 Asouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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2 P# w0 z8 _# v4 bthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.8 l7 M, z8 Z2 v
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/ \9 _8 h9 m1 g$ T2 A; A2 {/ e) VResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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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6 l4 A2 u, f' E: d- M; `6 | uThe 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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6 K- `) E' L/ Y" e$ m* M) N- UIt 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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. D4 a" ?! c; A4 Z% ?" W1 G" L"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."0 f* P5 t, ?6 m, }
+ @0 m5 n& Q# S# [! O: ~6 W5 eA 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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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.! ~. {) n% v5 |( J1 \7 G" 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."( A% O- F3 e4 `! e ?
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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.* ~2 a3 }/ c) }
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.& D& ?: M& h) D' S
$ U! [& F, b* U( Y! c"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."
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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.3 G# J8 `; ^7 {* I, p
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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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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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% a; Y3 G9 D/ Q) NAided 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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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.3 U, M4 ]: B. @- J0 I* W
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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.& c9 y2 v, L' ]# [( `
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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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 8 s. s. @0 Z& q* j: S
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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. 9 }/ e9 B3 b1 h
( F" u g) N! p2 l: RDuring 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.
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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.5 o5 N9 b4 }2 D% y6 E& N
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