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thank you for the news, + N# M& n' M5 h( n% \- w
i have some news from toronto too...
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3 o K9 }2 u& n m* ]; X: dtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
+ I5 i. D& N# }& B9 R" K" ~these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. a8 R" d: r) t7 A* h2 ]; H
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_tornado_rains_050819.jpg+ z' u. U% w: N8 p/ k
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg
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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.! E# B5 u$ @% D4 b: N
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1 {( y4 d% z& p) A0 gResidents 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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, F( i& h: M3 Z1 W* }) I# hThe 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.0 v4 W: I6 D* I, ^! E* W, h1 O
" X% h2 \7 W4 h: 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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9 f' t: e1 R+ h1 k" M0 S% P"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."; x M: f* \$ ~1 n9 z6 ^
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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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. H i; m2 V$ z0 \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.4 C- Q3 r. m. V1 S7 g
+ V% Q% d* _- J. d- \ K |1 T"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.
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" s) O8 m9 m: b& |1 L"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.
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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.' X! {4 x" X7 r$ \" c
2 D0 ^6 h0 }$ ?2 G2 ~/ {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.# }' K9 [, D2 o7 s2 W8 x/ @- a
7 u: g) y) d; j1 d3 W1 KCoulson 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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"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. 4 {, [9 g, p- [0 g: A+ E
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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! Z( m! O6 t4 L, ?8 `. ?8 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. ( W; A, Q! k0 t. e; F3 \
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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.
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" Y; M7 q6 c1 y3 F: qBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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* f2 |! [, I$ j: U"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. , f0 Q8 c9 b5 m. K5 E
5 \/ `5 w% z* l3 [7 K"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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