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thank you for the news,
: [. H% T% d& [( l) U9 ai have some news from toronto too...3 A2 H' c" z& w' Y
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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8 p) p9 _/ G) ksouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the 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 " a- i8 P6 Q4 X. D
by: PAUL CHOI % T; Y1 d9 G1 \" D( J3 p7 D [
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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- k3 V( [) @/ K% n2 P% x1 ]! ZTORONTO (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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The 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.' V- R* W& h7 h: R' D2 Q/ E
; _4 W$ Y) F9 v' D! @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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"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."! H# [5 e$ a# {% h9 V- C6 o9 s
2 E7 G5 z$ y7 H' ^9 L" z$ W b8 vA 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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"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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) w6 g# b! x N; U6 eOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.& E( ~1 f, P. D! y _* H
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.) [. c8 U, c4 v8 a' b% ~
: \ p% e! N; v" V( H"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.
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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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7 N7 Q$ Z0 V( t: e; @- R"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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; Z8 I$ z' \$ ^1 ]- o3 gAided 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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7 Z6 J- z- A/ I. Z% l; ]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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3 ]- u1 w# l; @: Z# ?$ G5 b"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. 5 l0 u7 W: S7 o6 T) N& h
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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. " b: k+ O3 E2 s5 r' u# e. h! G% l
. l7 \4 t5 Q& yDuring 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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! x( k0 B7 ]9 G' f: E7 {, `# \But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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+ c, X: S; O; M7 ~/ m"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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2 M+ m# x7 s$ t7 g0 M"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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