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thank you for the news, $ c2 m+ e8 R% C. c) Q- w& L' L& ^
i have some news from toronto too...# K+ h" U9 T. E4 o w1 H! P/ u1 F7 q
1 J1 [$ a# Z$ F ctoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.2 m2 L* ]% q& a" d. X
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado; r$ |7 i ~# Q G( W
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& ?+ f) B j% J' O sthe 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 & z: _6 Q2 r8 U m0 a7 {6 d
by: PAUL CHOI + |2 Q8 k+ R+ i0 W9 R2 W& [3 R
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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8 C$ ~. x1 h) g+ U* L6 u3 oTORONTO (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.8 e- n5 M* g; V/ N
8 c& d5 `. B4 r& ?" zThe 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.9 z, z; {* e6 T9 H2 O+ q2 c( j' Y
0 c; a" i" E2 `5 O) J; j5 }/ IIt 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."
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2 s% W e( I2 I8 q- B8 lA 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.' {7 T6 `6 }$ T, X6 N) t
2 P* f O9 w' f: h2 G) GElsewhere 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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.& f3 s4 q* n4 S& P! Y
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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9 q- b0 n( h& u5 c% y6 f4 C6 `"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."/ ^4 h) W, ^' L$ r0 }$ @. ?
, Q2 C. z B$ b$ Q7 S0 eFergus 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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6 e1 |4 M( N. V3 _" GThey 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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"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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* X' _: s$ z8 F# @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./ \, K" F! R6 X& Y5 b' S/ ?8 y
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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.5 N& X9 `; `! A
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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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' I& ~3 P1 w" n: S3 g& M' CDue 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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 0 f5 h3 V$ T$ H2 Q2 f
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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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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. 8 N/ T4 Y) O9 }" g& A& o
' {* M _% d2 v' S, D"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.4 Z5 b$ F4 l# {5 c4 N5 l9 M2 a
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