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0 g2 a* x7 i8 Z5 Z+ ithank you for the news, ( I. U* q( H/ T; O$ |/ T
i have some news from toronto too...3 C8 j/ a ]1 Y+ U- M, @
# F3 V0 D* n! D# Z8 Etoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.1 s* a: u( ^- s* I
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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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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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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6 w; D" n; l4 C( j, y- bSat 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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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." O* D; z4 } R! X) u
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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.
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( j9 K8 q9 [1 z9 |/ S" T0 {"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."/ k3 E* T3 @! J8 p5 L5 P9 _
* T0 Y$ S3 X! n7 P; CA 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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! `1 m% J1 b; v$ bElsewhere 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., {/ m0 n2 Q6 e8 t* t" G0 s
+ d2 ~, K( b S) G& c* q3 ^4 D' i; i"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."- i; [" l* l+ \( f& |
5 t& ^# c# \% [" p YOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.
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& x) O- S/ \+ H( IAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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( D; j7 h( m! [* K$ H/ F8 d; z"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.* X& d6 [. h0 G6 h
5 c) H9 ^3 m7 \( P0 Y"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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, ^* I3 i* m7 [! W4 T0 VAided 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.) K' C1 Z. a$ u+ k8 ] f/ a0 x. T
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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.# }$ ^) n" m6 N" v* [' M
2 Q' A) n0 z* B2 E% b. }2 O9 aDue 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. : t4 M% | |4 a- J/ [
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. $ k2 X6 Z( g& C
! }& s. c4 N- i* p# h: [7 [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.
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3 m0 q3 i) j m1 T7 U7 K# U7 TDuring 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. * C! q6 T. ?% P/ `- N; S* r
3 C, H$ `% ]' s A3 mBut 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. ( n6 B9 l( T7 } d% `4 a$ i
; r" T W3 u! g. Z. n c"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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