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thank you for the news,
( f( p+ D$ j" y; w) C" n2 wi have some news from toronto too...! V$ E- D1 j5 ` W; ^7 o2 H
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.' g4 R& L7 o! L. ?- M9 g9 T7 `! B
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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2 k G& D. ]4 T& a3 @the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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8 \' X% }/ W& C% r7 c3 i( o( YResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 f& X+ B5 V5 l) @
by: PAUL CHOI % G a6 t) y: O& R2 @. h. v2 Z' h0 P. d
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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: n; c% C% r2 ]+ X5 z1 |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.5 p/ Q2 V0 z) ^) g; ?* O: e
% H, h; B: h( N; J0 N) pThe 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.6 n9 D+ c2 Y$ O# @
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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.$ G; U' h2 [7 D! }% N8 o
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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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, q7 a8 W1 }2 q/ z: l* v" \0 s9 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.
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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.! n0 g: \ Y, ^% Z( z& l0 O
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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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- p4 l0 x" s+ N/ DOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.. Z8 U( E+ }' d& d+ J1 g
. @9 H1 q6 ?2 \5 f5 yAmidst 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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+ _/ E0 K$ v& G4 T/ @% C$ H( |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.* q% L; r! h. ^" ]
* [6 u3 _! e$ f X"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"# W& Y% b5 |7 e: a" t5 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.
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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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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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% a) t2 r' p9 q5 ^"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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/ P/ m6 E8 [; Z+ XDue 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. * }. { z* E0 v+ [
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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. ; _# F+ O$ o8 v
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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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"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. ( _+ \. x; H& ~2 \9 L& V7 F* I
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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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