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thank you for the news, ! y4 w2 e* k. |* F
i have some news from toronto too...1 t8 k3 }5 e; c5 \2 L8 w
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
! }* e3 q5 a$ W1 s: ^; sthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday." _& y/ n9 u3 D4 K) e
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado' q& C2 P% k; V
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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
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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- w# R7 J% `- F& b, g+ ]2 c- ?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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" r9 @# F# p" L& zThe 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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8 c3 L$ {+ \1 Y, {; iIt 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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; F* j! ~* ]& `+ A& f5 }- v+ K"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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. y. C; @) @. v _1 T6 ?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.
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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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& u0 _5 M- K+ D+ r! 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."9 E M& K9 S! P2 U, z/ ~
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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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4 N# p' J$ x8 ?5 fAmidst 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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6 l* m) k" c ^6 I/ J0 VFergus 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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) T5 v# U( N* C0 ?2 VThey 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.; P2 G# K% a. |& G$ P* ~
5 }! F( k+ A& G8 ~8 m ^2 k4 x"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"# i/ t3 ~6 ?) C6 `; F
# I9 o1 o, s" U$ x& T9 [* p! NOfficials 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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2 v7 _! J: r" y9 M1 b" N. p. R; JAided 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.+ F; j2 s* T( e7 F
, R3 u. b. `( Y2 \) B$ hCoulson 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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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4 {6 M/ T0 i4 G1 x7 ?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. . w* d9 ~4 m3 }% ?
% S2 ?4 Y# v; A/ G& B0 t. X5 XDuring 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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' l8 B0 O9 q3 G$ _5 W: ]But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 3 U) k/ K8 s$ w" V* P3 e
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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. " E8 l3 h7 ]6 ]5 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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