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thank you for the news, ! p0 B3 ^8 A$ n
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!!!.
% i, S- `- B5 [ O& n$ ?these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.1 ], g2 u1 e% Z& s9 q4 L6 E
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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m s; `" Y% Y" w$ ?3 Z( qthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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: i. y) s% i- X x( IResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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9 n7 z0 j) g6 sSat 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.7 b; W# Y. M4 y/ ?5 T3 q* ?
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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.8 w6 L2 |$ ]8 |; j+ z
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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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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.( W# z1 q+ o/ j; d: O9 O' Y+ l
F; @4 L8 d: K1 E( J+ Y g7 V"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."! H2 r5 s* Z9 b5 t9 i
9 I/ y8 t& G( U: C: ^. z; f' pOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.; j1 q: z, s7 N, A
% U- I7 E/ }+ JAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said. m2 x! W2 T: F
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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." {2 O3 Q1 P; v8 w7 _3 \1 Q
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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.. y* G- n D/ s
' k% R2 N' J7 q: v" _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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 i: W( ]( ~8 I+ e: T; @, j
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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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+ N4 }6 V0 O, P3 J cAided 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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- Y9 k+ Z) {" _2 }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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* Z8 `9 [3 @% F; a2 i+ s5 C$ n' ^"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. # ~/ L4 j3 p5 D9 U- E; a6 C
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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0 {' I2 {4 w9 h3 S4 @1 ~' tMeanwhile 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. 0 X0 i4 A& g+ n* Y, b5 m
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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. 3 X/ |% v0 X6 S/ ~; U
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. + d* K+ l6 ~7 v4 H/ m
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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.
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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.' _7 Q0 B- T1 `6 M! _
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