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thank you for the news,
# z9 M( y, Z' si have some news from toronto too...
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! z9 w# L4 o% S$ [- J4 [4 w: S. r3 ftoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
+ D7 s" x, Z# |these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.& X5 \6 Q2 q" y% ?7 b+ u; ~, n
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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- B A) {) `1 c o2 xhttp://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado; C6 L9 C$ q( n4 r
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1 `4 ]" Q+ O6 _4 w. V8 gthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.- o% h4 {+ s8 I9 V Q9 v# J
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ' P: U5 F- `% T' _" L
by: PAUL CHOI / ^. F# V+ H& \$ F
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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* F3 v; X6 M) S Y/ y7 M) xTORONTO (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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9 `0 S6 T) p( e7 j' C$ L* I# JThe 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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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." _) {; r' X' z: F4 R8 Z
% R4 \4 E# g! W% F5 T* y"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."3 e* _) w, l2 J, R$ k
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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.0 ^* I, X v" E9 r+ b) A
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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.
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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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.! b0 s: U' @% C8 T9 A5 J- J
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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."* T* ?" i8 Q; `6 B; C; l
. V( v3 T/ s" m# K! _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.
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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./ w/ ^5 N* q( n% R, z6 p4 O
4 R0 }# \- F. ]2 l* u. K F"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"0 O( I( r) _: U5 o* V
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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.5 j1 G4 m; B, x0 `6 f
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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.$ \; u: b' p: s7 `& [
& T/ r2 L0 V; c: H; ICoulson 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.% G8 U5 `" M! G: v F
2 @" y, a) ~$ Z/ G T"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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4 [! ^ c/ ^8 k9 N6 ^. LDue 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. . U8 G3 X: d. [+ `
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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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& Y2 v: i! Q& h: |1 O" d dDuring 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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: ^( i5 J9 o6 O; [But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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7 B& I+ o% g0 k; w"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. - K; h- `3 F, v/ A. x
% c# R9 @4 U1 N"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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