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thank you for the news,
( S+ b- v" \, h2 _* k& S4 \/ ]& M* \i have some news from toronto too... \- I: H1 h& t. D
- l. _. E% q4 v. u2 itoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( {/ y" U, W+ X" R4 Lthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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+ V% d1 P# Z* |southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado8 v4 g u4 L/ B( H7 d- @
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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7 Q1 N* Q; E+ u; J" ]: {Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado - _* o9 {3 K' M- p
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET1 |7 s ? }0 D% g9 W
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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.( m1 h7 ` f. P' }5 ^
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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.0 J& r, N/ u: D( k) B
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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.8 U. Z% |! v! Y( p1 ~8 J9 n. O
5 K# C: ]* E& [: Z"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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+ W! B" w5 a& i- MA 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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5 `6 K4 K+ [4 A+ A J& W# I' C"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."* Y1 V- C, X3 V. k2 r/ o
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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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, V3 s2 X- D+ c% j A/ VAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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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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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# n4 e5 T L& @" H0 wThey 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.# P/ E5 N/ ]& ?. _0 M0 ?" F2 w5 X. R
/ t7 k8 H4 V O( W"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"* f7 U- H; i* j0 [
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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.+ e# W# c6 f% L% v; z! Z" V
, F2 N4 U! T; ?+ ?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./ O: q/ G i O$ I" J: n
: T# j4 {6 Q8 M. l. `: H& OCoulson 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., m: o& v m \6 a/ B
7 @. r, Y% N; @5 ^"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.
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The 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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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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4 Z& y0 o, g6 r" g) q8 U: H' 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. 6 A6 }6 _- Z4 R. u
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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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