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$ H. ~6 |3 A$ i3 k4 j, m$ @1 Vthank you for the news, $ w( q3 P) D ^% V# c3 @7 {
i have some news from toronto too...
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8 ]& G2 @. D9 D3 ctoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
8 v5 Y4 K2 D( I3 m' @/ bthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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" l3 g" n' p8 Isouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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9 j$ H% q8 Y% nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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/ ^. @7 S/ s3 ^+ |2 L) ?0 Z, \2 c! GResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . r* A7 l) C9 c' s
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Sat 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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# o7 {' q, x9 l. \' K+ T* B1 }( xThe 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.* x: @8 P7 F- ]5 s7 J/ |- D. `
" d$ r: Q/ n9 N8 U- S; v9 I k5 aIt 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.. R5 o7 I2 z# J: T A9 E: {
& m0 \( e" l" E0 n"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.$ s4 K& H. i& d
: e% y! a! S, m* M- N' wElsewhere 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.6 n0 I- i/ x" p8 Q+ T! L% A
& `) Y2 L# F2 _1 x4 y"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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$ y% y; w9 H) E& bOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.3 O" q: j/ s7 m* `* O& C
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.8 F9 `* S% G5 X" y( s/ E* T7 i, b
# m' I) x0 W6 }( O* 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." o+ L, t+ n5 k5 C8 D/ R5 L
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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.! @3 q6 v* {' a' `5 L! N/ G) P# @
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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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2 c0 Q4 X& J' A; Q; \Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes., q4 @) ?) W* p% [7 r* {" o# P
# G, f8 e: o aAided 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 K/ K2 ?6 B% l3 [
9 l i9 L0 \# K, D5 u$ m: lCoulson 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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' o3 G3 W6 `$ O; [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. 5 ]% \8 I/ }% ^) [ L9 S
, X4 `; m* z6 OThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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8 s% G5 b3 N9 f3 m, z# s5 }5 ~' vMeanwhile 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. ; V# A) V2 q9 [- Z
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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. - T) y: y& K) }1 d: C: v1 d2 { }
: I Y9 C, ?! h- k3 I0 Q& a: TBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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7 r2 `) q; ]* S) J5 B! e8 I"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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