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" D# N! E# l% Q, uthank you for the news,
" l3 i6 i) i0 b1 R& ri have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
: e* e5 t$ R7 A9 F; o4 _these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.. K/ R1 N7 R5 l, b8 l2 \
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado7 i! V- F8 N: c3 Q" v9 L8 ]
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.5 U- X b; @$ w7 c
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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" y4 r8 g' m8 y0 HSat 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.4 R# r8 Y4 C `' y
! ` }: m. Z; kThe 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.4 S# V# X( e1 {
4 g) L+ Z+ ~/ `9 `"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 l/ @) n( r' |2 s. y+ E+ ]6 NA 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.0 U, ?4 k9 I( H
4 E. s3 n* u$ `1 X- u4 f: i* @- TElsewhere 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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: b0 y+ g4 N, E4 X& {"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."' H" ~7 ]+ J+ g; y4 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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- ^ e" Q3 b# ^8 W) H$ K* d1 o
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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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: T; [. K$ x+ p; a( \9 LFergus 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.
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- |4 D8 E2 O2 K: J1 S! V) b"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 w# R5 Y/ I7 |+ h5 j( c @; }, t
8 b$ p; a8 R+ D# H4 I( o7 c3 WOfficials 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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( j% t+ _, r8 k; g$ E7 K& \+ HAided 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.
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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.) a) d& e1 j0 |# x% l$ C
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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. ( p' Z8 G; x) D' {
! [$ _% K/ Q3 J2 w3 h! rThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 1 o* R, x0 Q; `% `. w: |+ r
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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. 2 x5 y9 l8 c' |9 l _- D7 l
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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. + \' B9 ]! {4 G/ J! q" W
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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. & d& ~& F( q Y8 m- d! b
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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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