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thank you for the news,
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* c3 {1 t8 i+ s6 _toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
% c. }/ K& y n. A4 `these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado, V- w* m+ [" K# j6 B! B
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5 b9 F1 d% E% x8 v$ B* h8 Athe 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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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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$ B {$ M+ w, x! @* pTORONTO (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.- _- M% V9 A2 j2 y7 H
* f E3 g0 ]! B8 q4 e0 VThe 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.' G' C9 l, x$ a/ y: d4 M) l' v
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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.* y/ ?* f _2 p- c
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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." x! i) C. y0 `
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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."4 w3 S( L% t. H- H3 e
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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.1 Y3 P( d& m7 A4 `
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.( }, q/ `1 K" a: \3 F" w3 N
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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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I O1 D5 \3 }$ E4 y: H, l8 RFergus 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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: \! ]/ I, p$ \6 M0 d0 M* n! h9 T. bThey 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.
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& V+ w3 X4 R5 O% o8 g( s ]"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?": y0 O- R8 z3 l& @
+ m. q* |1 x* bOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.) ~, g/ J' V4 J0 u. Z+ x: T
( N* P7 D$ x1 I$ U. }6 a( }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.7 C: w1 Y; ?% m6 U# V; {9 C2 x' L' M
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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.4 {. m, v* F. ~! @- H
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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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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. 8 d2 v1 ^" @$ [) `- \0 J, W
& B2 G9 B) J3 ~7 a% HThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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 F% z, N/ j/ S# NDuring 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. / {' Z" @$ M4 N! _$ h: l* A+ |) S
: r5 X) Q$ g9 I4 G$ QBut 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. ; J6 }9 S7 X7 J1 t9 U% z# Q, N
2 ^# x Z, s- j 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.3 D+ @/ w1 N" P4 @' a1 Q" z" T
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