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0 ^- O+ b1 ?5 g: W7 Nthank you for the news,
: ]! p! r- y! F- }$ ii have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.% s, ]3 i4 b7 e1 D" P" ]/ H, G8 H
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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% m+ W( `1 @0 f2 N- [" _; h7 R' I/ ]southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado1 Q5 E7 K( r3 I. @: \9 ^0 E
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8 k( f. u- u' _: `2 ]7 Lthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.. s! D9 j- Y1 @0 l+ r( \
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado & v- V/ K" |. }% c( k$ n( X( l
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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' P5 A& N3 A# C, U6 {2 A% r. PTORONTO (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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+ w% N7 V2 A- S% `0 XThe 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.) B6 a: A6 k2 h2 u6 M/ B& G) U6 H
2 v6 ~' M3 L. n8 g7 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."% O8 T" X: S: q9 W
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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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4 P# q. ^1 v, q/ h. q: RElsewhere 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.0 ~' }1 G" d- ]: L* _" o9 R' S
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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."4 ]9 V- I9 I. f# L. q: c5 `
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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.
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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."$ j0 q r. M+ h) ]
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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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; r% s2 w* d7 o7 \$ o' r/ OThey 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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- [0 p& Z; O! K( G9 K"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"& ~8 k) H8 y7 p1 j" G0 g
" u# c* z, E: ~$ x( _5 C$ q( WOfficials 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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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., ?+ u8 t S- H- W: l4 ]! ?
, ?' J# X( s9 v# c2 a% v( n" G mCoulson 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.6 V- i9 |3 i( P$ D9 Z
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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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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. 1 B- A4 D6 T" Q. Y
w7 B J+ p A6 |7 z% s5 LThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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+ l1 Y) D& O \, qMeanwhile 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. ; V8 a- \5 t8 h9 b3 z3 T+ w! u
8 l/ ~" i( \$ p# j+ `9 o- SDuring 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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9 W/ d) T* q2 a1 Q"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. 4 @ [; Z0 F: e; \" x) d: @/ K( L' G
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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.' W5 H3 W/ G3 ~- T; ^* {! d7 H
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