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$ S) o9 S& k+ Q" O }/ w7 {thank you for the news,
9 P! O% a) p& si have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.* p1 T- \; b! c
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.6 B; H, r5 k l; r; i$ j
http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg$ }' R, y1 R$ |
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_storm_050819.jpg
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http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20050819/160_toronto_flood_050819.jpg1 K* n7 B7 M+ ]; b3 V
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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, N# s z4 n j- }% G* o! othe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ; t% d) L2 ~( K+ G; O& {- L d7 f
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET: y8 h' y$ o1 r# y. B8 q5 @
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7 d' K% J/ @0 g) MTORONTO (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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+ H' A" B( _) }4 J* b# Z$ Z5 {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.- z- x! @0 w+ [- A" N) r
# ~$ f7 X- U6 _$ c* Z) _6 iIt 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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8 F, [0 {5 b+ V"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.4 p4 j! c% u; W& z5 Q3 X
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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."
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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.: R$ P; E4 g$ o9 o3 C1 l& j
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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0 k1 r& G! w0 i- F- f$ s"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.": B4 m5 _9 O: y
% T! u5 x8 w+ c; K$ q& zFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.* [9 B/ q. b6 O2 h" X/ `3 h
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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.* [! M# y. d0 z' O# y$ K, w
' ]) k/ I" U# j" R* |: @" o"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 d2 r3 N5 k. e6 l3 Q
* G' O0 b% \8 h: K5 @9 w1 uOfficials 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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( q! q$ |1 I, d1 [3 JAided 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.8 c6 P( i$ X/ `0 j
4 |6 z! p2 S0 k- U' n; d& bCoulson 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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7 n* g9 M+ e7 i% U"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.2 ?7 Z7 t- A7 K1 |& L
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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. , R5 k( J P. m! d5 v9 E
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ( k( _# D% w" H; `( I6 I* P
) H9 i% T8 V/ v: L% ^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. 5 d0 A" [# L4 B! X; g
8 K( p5 ?4 F4 X; S! z+ E+ h* j+ y DDuring 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. ( X4 m; [4 w$ w( C+ Z/ ^9 W& H: }
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But 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.
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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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