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thank you for the news, 5 x7 x+ F; k, E" j5 B. w" U o9 O
i have some news from toronto too...
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- E0 C; G5 ?# f/ ztoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
: x/ V, t& g$ Hthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado/ t) o$ b, q+ g1 h
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.3 H$ H, Z. {$ \
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET7 d2 G! z w7 H" C& G
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T5 e* N1 e# ^3 o5 J3 BTORONTO (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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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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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.- z! B) f2 Q$ B( g! |2 {0 T+ g* I
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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.4 K+ |4 }9 ]0 u. V/ 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. s& H' N7 T+ q6 C" E' N
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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."/ l& O+ g6 I3 z1 \
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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.& q* v- R1 w8 D" Q% G* W
9 U) p6 k# U& w/ ^/ Q* ?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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# m* V- }* [& l2 @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.' h# [$ W- a6 b& w* g- i
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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.& j4 G8 h- A1 o5 h
. h/ E9 Q3 d& o% e2 a: s0 u"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./ Z1 Q2 q* T a/ C3 n6 \5 f: a
. }) u& \6 K) Q' f: MAided 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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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.
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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.. g( w+ J5 _. w% H8 O
) V' N0 y/ n* M( G( p. tDue 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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, y% z4 q- H" CThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 2 H& P G! `4 t; R& v! e: w3 Y
* E, X7 @8 c. O. mMeanwhile 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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2 m' V- f3 u6 O" U% N, B8 Q0 e0 {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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"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. 1 d& g) i. A1 R( |4 k1 G. H6 t; `
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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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