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1 g1 s# Y2 E) wthank you for the news,
- E1 B5 W3 Y& T" y: Di have some news from toronto too...
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: r% U0 w5 v( l# n5 w, c: Z# xtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.2 f |7 {# M6 g1 b) ]2 m3 g/ x" z
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.& p- {5 _& D* r) b
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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$ u! N' Q+ g( n# z7 c9 N4 c9 Q, Zthe 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 3 i! o V: e) p4 m4 W
by: PAUL CHOI
! {) H) y" K2 e0 B- S& `* c) L* OSat 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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5 h# T) g; L" U2 a. u! ^7 M* m3 GThe 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.6 n. g: y; V( }
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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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" Q- x9 n" d& B2 a* q5 h2 r"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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1 n1 H7 t! K, Q+ m7 DA 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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6 ~8 g2 C2 E [7 {; K"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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' f+ a! ~& D6 K4 P3 cOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand." ^# ~+ E: w+ @* E( x# x. F
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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5 i! w! S3 ]! N4 p; p! G"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.7 q6 @% K2 o6 i2 }4 N
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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.% k; M1 F8 Y* V n
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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 P/ y0 F8 [8 Y0 FOfficials 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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Aided 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.1 m& _7 S4 u! L$ L, ~- m
" `$ Y/ t5 S2 D) V4 O; j; y"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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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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3 I: U, }9 _' k1 P' B# v# dThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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, M. O, a3 J9 K$ u5 W/ K. c! uMeanwhile 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. ; p( z2 p: x9 { {) }, p
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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. 1 N+ ]: O! c5 n% V
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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- k+ I. Z# U0 A* ?+ M4 A- \0 @"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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