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" Z- ]5 n" m* x: B0 ^# \! G. Rthank you for the news, # A8 U/ t7 R' a! K2 } ^' 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 l# K i% `/ {( S6 e9 D
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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' \) ^- J* |1 C3 \+ Z/ t; a0 Hthe 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 : P3 z% N! F, _& }0 y. V" L- S
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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.
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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.9 W4 e) r0 b, m e5 W6 f
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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." N( F j* y5 t/ b2 F3 q
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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; `4 c/ s$ f! l2 d! T% P
3 ~+ P. r4 t2 v, [8 \, 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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- P1 i0 @7 u: f8 AElsewhere 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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4 ~: W% j, l+ f"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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.9 d Z% |5 G. j3 k/ \
& c* i( a ` P" ]Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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' D' K: O" _" V- Y+ f. d2 c"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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5 x" K& J5 G- r5 C# G8 GThey 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 f2 ~! ~/ P0 R# x2 L/ h
: O0 {+ _$ { W( ?9 A$ l7 |"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"4 {8 z! L8 k) h2 H
8 X. w. c2 i8 VOfficials 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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* [) x, C- W. [1 \. kAided 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.5 [7 g( o# w5 H) O% N
& i, K {1 D1 b/ I0 x8 I2 m* JCoulson 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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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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8 E/ A0 U- E: m% uThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 6 |. m: I4 j; d% g5 a9 S- P$ r! g1 O
: W& q0 r0 }0 t: N$ FMeanwhile 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. 8 c8 n2 O! [9 S
: [# I1 i6 R' j$ z* K( pDuring 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. 8 X- {5 a0 ^- O: P
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1 U# P1 i7 W1 w' ?"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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"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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