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" _" }6 |! }9 @% L, M; I0 Kthank you for the news,
' n; G; C2 d/ r( q9 H: Pi have some news from toronto too...
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( J9 U+ O8 v5 a5 x5 btoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
1 U9 Q) c* }# {" x# g8 P% P, S [# }these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado' _0 p8 o0 U& `" n
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T) J3 F/ q& M4 P# E5 lthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.8 R" A. O7 V3 g% k u5 m7 H
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& ]2 U% X: [5 C0 Y5 I2 ~' R) FResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado + ^3 w/ z1 F. p) G7 L* q
by: PAUL CHOI
( Q0 q8 C1 X. o, r: w- qSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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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1 i( Y* g4 n- ?/ [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.
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8 {7 c7 ?" G7 ~9 ZIt 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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- j8 _; L, r: z9 |9 X8 }3 m"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.") u h; ^% U+ }/ 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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& V+ J7 Q+ D* A0 a$ U( y; qElsewhere 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.1 H/ }8 r6 x$ u/ x1 m! H
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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."* n/ d% v4 l. n: x8 P* R c
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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 G# X- {0 i5 n5 A- B. \
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.. w/ k6 f2 B) c1 a H1 `+ t( P
. Y% a% F' t1 @+ w# T% b2 q6 B"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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, d& l+ k$ }/ o8 h* _9 b+ b. [( oFergus 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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1 ]# Z# k* Z9 Y. q7 hOfficials 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.
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% e* ~4 a1 K! ]: YCoulson 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., g8 B7 K% J. c7 n
5 q. s# g3 q/ L# [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. ) C3 M7 Y9 g$ n- t: o
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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. * Z1 Y# E' C: p+ Q( u9 D, y7 j
# u3 f" Z( I2 a% c% E0 iDuring 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. + H5 G3 u) K0 E U
3 d7 o1 Y+ Z8 V" ["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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"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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