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7 B# m8 V. t2 W1 B2 Dthank you for the news,
8 O0 H9 p. c) Q9 ~- @i have some news from toronto too...4 y. ^ p6 k3 ^/ Z5 h' c
- X1 g, B2 \+ p% O! N6 p0 Ltoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
: O9 M! a Y+ b3 Q" {" I0 Pthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday." A" b0 Z) E+ ^% C# ~. E# I1 J" s2 B
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7 n" C* u$ d: m; b" c# V, @southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado! W2 W! M4 {+ B2 t, P- Y8 \( w1 X
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/ E# G( k" r; v) _$ fthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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) y" A( J6 T& @Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . f* p: d4 ^7 N
by: PAUL CHOI
$ `8 s! n( v' K6 ]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.
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4 J2 o/ ] `5 c" ~6 ], UThe 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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% A* Y: w3 s2 \. A/ m" AIt 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."! _4 \/ w/ u r% u
( W! l2 V7 ], Z& z; G I6 }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.0 ]4 j2 a/ T9 I7 Q/ i) y `1 U' T
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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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& x# y* }* R4 q' ^"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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1 I2 T0 \5 N: P8 {, ~( c. XOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.6 E' W1 {) ?% T3 U( q) v- R2 v
/ Q# m3 | g8 C. E) ?3 n" @' tAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- @% S5 Z) r! f: A: |# H( d5 `
; L5 q) k F2 f# Y& ]0 Y7 q& F% y"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.0 @7 }6 V1 R1 Q/ R/ W( C
2 a/ f7 ?+ e9 ?$ cThey 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.& `0 I! t% F3 q6 _5 [) V
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 I; N, K1 `& E
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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.2 Z: R$ a" o& ~3 }
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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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: ]) g6 v% ]" P; }( G" @, lCoulson 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.
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8 N& a! b9 \- k& X% {) o: Y& l mDue 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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. f: C4 M! [; a% S' zThe 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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" s* o1 n, j( a0 \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. - |2 }! U* `" B+ L
6 I0 Y6 U: k% x: ]+ cBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ( N, O& r2 g, g' \8 g) J
8 C/ W# k7 t3 s"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. ) b! _ z' s% `# a
/ m3 E) S8 e) v1 O# U$ r"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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