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thank you for the news,
, u8 o7 o( ]+ u8 ~' J- di have some news from toronto too...
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$ z. R5 c; d, atoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
* V4 ]# v& u% B( q; jthese 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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# r# p2 `" q' `southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado/ X' }5 B# T5 T& }
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4 l4 E5 K @1 e5 d* s" Uthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.4 W3 J& j/ P% W) j& s$ P
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5 E+ X0 J7 R( i# F' i, f" VResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 3 M3 Y" j& r. N3 T" d* A: h2 g
by: PAUL CHOI
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' f, e) E, O% J& z- OTORONTO (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.& \& \" N8 o7 E& [
: [. N% K4 \0 U H8 X) ^4 U! eThe 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.9 B0 y, U8 R$ W, U0 b: L. l" i
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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.8 }7 e# t$ U8 }% }# A
( u6 t; K8 E+ n- T0 y. W+ @"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."
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; W5 P. J8 |( j6 M/ vA 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.( l3 @6 h8 j2 c* j1 n4 u0 E2 ~& Q
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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."+ j) Y3 t3 i6 F4 C! R2 X( ~) Y
1 V! A0 ?! G4 J3 X8 {: KOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.. E6 z$ r9 f# \3 S4 m8 O9 A
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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- S+ G4 h. q: k5 j2 Y. S2 g. I"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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: x/ Z. Z* @6 P) |7 D, IThey 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.& y) B4 {2 }& J* Z$ ]! u6 O
9 [1 g$ Z' B! E* T"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.
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% }! w# X/ z0 z/ f9 B3 s6 SAided 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.6 I5 M. K' W% q* G1 B
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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. O$ n0 k2 ? E! t& M% j
; W1 G! B5 ?* e: Y* O"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.1 Z! [) J) F( v: ~6 w6 [# [
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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.
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0 s2 e |1 g0 U3 B) S; J2 C9 YThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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/ V- s+ y2 T& j4 e# z) E) OMeanwhile 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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( b/ W" N1 U$ u0 [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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. U9 g& e( m9 B2 k* c! HBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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"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. # d, F6 `* \$ B/ 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. P; x" n+ B+ \. O; f! d
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