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thank you for the news, ' h: S& X* m( N6 V2 M" p
i have some news from toronto too..., H9 _' P @. H% O+ o2 a
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
6 \* ?! K4 X7 ^$ H& [9 }, wthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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) }; @8 t4 w. ^southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.3 L7 y6 ]) S. s
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 2 q. N* q+ l3 K5 k
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0 S4 O p7 M; Q9 uSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET" G3 ?, q5 W; E5 ], b$ E% Z3 w8 s v
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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.5 o) ~ d" B2 |$ s; h2 r& s( d
- f+ a$ P2 ]% ~# U0 F5 RThe 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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7 @$ G" b# t! c2 x* `8 r/ `' k) [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.: v# k$ z+ |. |9 `9 `" _5 Y
7 _' e3 D3 f+ J" |! o* x& g# P"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."- C3 H u0 c& _$ z$ l3 s: N+ W
- h! T: G' R! J% O+ g* @8 ?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.1 F9 C$ Y+ {3 S: X( G# Y
$ N: I# t" V9 `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.! \( H: u+ k$ y& J7 K8 F
7 d- }) ?& g) b" B2 O"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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; N$ |1 i% z$ j, t8 ]On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.% R& X) v9 J" e# V6 b3 ]9 [! c
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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."
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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.
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& D' @7 `+ m0 m"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"+ f4 o' |+ ^6 n- F$ c1 d: F6 s* L
. S1 d! k; |2 H) rOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes./ W% X% G3 E, Q$ c9 ^9 ^$ {) K
' j! m7 F2 \1 o) L9 `7 J( 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 }6 J5 g) f* }. R) u" R
$ p- _& z t cCoulson 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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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. : e5 I9 `% J. ~: |
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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. % e! F4 F, s7 V2 x
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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. ) X8 y" Q' m& Z2 F6 Q1 ]
- Y7 Z- m2 A, M: n) U% Q: |"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.( o% j+ V* Z" A8 J6 ^
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