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( r6 [& f/ y3 g% @thank you for the news, 9 }8 r: m. ^; V1 n' A- l
i have some news from toronto too...7 C6 _9 Z: d$ y: z5 s
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
I3 u+ A8 y8 Q5 i- A/ athese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.5 Q# P* s! v( C5 i- N. |7 }, ^) W
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg5 T) x2 ]9 S0 q+ g9 O( L
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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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 R' | K' A! f4 H0 d7 y: d
by: PAUL CHOI / w9 ^" r1 u- v# n: R: L! A
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4 V4 x3 C+ [4 ~( RTORONTO (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.6 ] K8 B5 R8 ?0 M7 R! D5 `
/ W+ t1 P1 w" e/ I) P& \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.
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8 U# [ U! b4 e7 P0 \"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."( z d; N! w7 W! h9 ]7 `
* I: c, m8 F& ~/ r5 XA 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." A6 n& Z' b" C
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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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8 w% V( y/ N! v2 `8 u% }"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."/ E6 ~: d. M# o" q1 R: i' S
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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.! ]3 _& [' N5 V
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.4 e' o M8 W% N3 Z
* J; ?6 G3 c5 Y2 W2 E"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."; j; W4 e7 d; Q" [0 G; J" W
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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.
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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.* r* ?: G3 W$ ?
7 ~3 [+ y" G; {"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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3 m- k# X+ U% ]( I \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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7 C2 t: N- ]! z- p* d. kAided 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., Z6 n1 ~6 v: M3 K6 T; R- k8 c
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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.* ]1 d, F$ c$ {1 B5 V, j4 _
3 O2 B8 G' f- I8 f. Z"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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' w% [2 G' T2 H& Q# S) l V- jDue 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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/ J. N8 V: C; f O4 y; t7 [$ J3 eThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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1 ?. B: @1 ^; M! t3 H. J9 a8 k0 `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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5 V' R/ Q! x( u" uDuring 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. " }, u" D9 g( C
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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/ x% `( V+ m% w( [& i0 n8 b"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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% _9 D, x% B, p6 q f- w( d# p9 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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