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thank you for the news, ) C( B! O2 E% a @# M1 x
i have some news from toronto too...( ], Q* ?: f# X9 {
$ Z3 I9 U; H' u" Y8 u) Ctoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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( h6 l) G+ ]7 J) b$ w# g7 C8 Lthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.! V3 g4 q- G2 A& a$ P5 b
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ( Z; I+ U1 A& @
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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.0 u# s6 w6 r7 R$ H
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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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0 H5 l& {5 d- ~# r. t# TIt 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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"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."# {- o H6 M% X' B* |
5 N; m5 _( A4 UA 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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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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9 m1 ~- \$ J4 @- s% `: ~On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.( `+ b' s) Y R5 M4 j \
0 }, Q8 g" s6 uAmidst 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."/ N R5 c7 K) p0 Y2 t! t1 Q, n- w
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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.# P1 o- r K$ y- w R6 V
' w" j0 h- f# j8 Z) W"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"7 }' u9 m( H: P& u1 B5 ~* T
6 N2 D( ]; C: Y8 mOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.1 `% X9 Q% j( K
1 t% M F- `9 t7 N" m3 z) XAided 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.+ X) M: k! e( S& }
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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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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.
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( u' V& V- o) C2 m; p* K9 ]3 U& hMeanwhile 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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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. " N( Z% x3 L3 f* E: x
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 5 a6 Q9 G6 s& s6 @/ V4 f: o! ]
7 l( e" ?$ B7 H1 y, L"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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