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thank you for the news, b9 Z+ @5 ]0 _9 B3 J
i have some news from toronto too...) L+ ^* D0 I r5 E1 g
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.5 R' n' u3 Z% q N, T( k$ ^2 N9 Q
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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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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3 R7 g) r4 ~7 J8 n3 OResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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4 W; r, M& A0 K2 J9 ] zSat 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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; f$ D* N1 `5 RThe 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.3 v0 `! l5 W: A
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"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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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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2 c- `# F5 w% e+ DElsewhere 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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1 {6 _% \& m& g/ G- m% A/ V( K"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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8 _8 Y; a2 K9 f% d$ C) KOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.* ?6 e0 J+ b* q0 _! ?
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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."
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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." E- { r% h" Y, n4 c
9 x5 s3 m }8 U4 t- [1 h" P"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"' g( J: @8 |) Y! T7 p7 @! B
. e1 X( b' P$ \8 |/ ?6 q' eOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes." V- a5 y }8 f4 J; x1 ?; \. {
! V3 M* W- t4 |. {8 P _" {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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, f V7 K! i. E( D. p+ j"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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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2 X' \/ t1 {$ U( j& eMeanwhile 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. 9 M/ o% U7 W+ Y$ R7 `
5 n5 ?0 F0 f' j% `3 W O+ [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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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* c3 z9 M3 H3 k) X) z: h"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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