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thank you for the news, 5 x; ^ F8 E! R3 E
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
4 |- r y8 k! W' g: J" Kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.; V: @# [4 }8 G0 O, V7 {
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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9 c" r( N4 T9 t# b3 ?1 athe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.1 {+ u2 q7 J; `& Y* _" \
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.9 K4 T: e, ~; p3 N8 s* e
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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.& i4 W1 I. @+ t& K
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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.
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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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6 j1 s y% ~& w t) zA 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." s h7 K$ R2 B. c" L+ G0 p
( V0 c3 R/ _0 v( N: K: U+ ^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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1 J) o8 y3 c7 s. r"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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# T& O* ^; y6 D2 A1 D3 |On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.; [, y% s! E" b. I: S7 ~! g
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Amidst 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."+ O; i. Q# Z, d! G( c; w* V. p
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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.9 O, f% c0 Z0 \' M; v9 n
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"! ?/ y6 \4 c; i
% v( m$ G: P7 I4 z$ O) `4 V; R yOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.1 K, b0 {) E* r, J/ u# H3 K
. Z8 o6 f( ?% M6 k- b7 PAided 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.8 C- h; ~7 Y2 }4 ~
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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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4 Q& }, a! y8 u! u5 @ j2 JDue 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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2 i: R! }8 J5 ^" WMeanwhile 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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1 R& e$ S6 c4 S% i$ b$ l' hDuring 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. $ o! b z/ m7 V; b( k
% \ Q! \$ R0 R7 z0 y7 ^"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. [/ y ]8 b5 @( D9 h
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