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thank you for the news, * L; q2 k8 h; u; g
i have some news from toronto too.... c' l+ I; B& H U4 x5 a& V1 I
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
- \+ w) O. e4 n% |. }. athese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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9 k& u0 }& |1 m6 B- K( Vsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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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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, }! B" o) ~ r1 GTORONTO (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.3 G7 q# M1 @) G( m/ C! q
* @8 P9 |2 X4 v# C; a/ S: cThe 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.2 X. i8 J- |: W6 O
6 u7 Y/ p1 n8 ?0 l2 kIt 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."3 ^( ^% \0 a8 C; o2 L& e/ d/ G
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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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+ |* j; g4 J& Y9 ^4 t% \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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0 y' r- `& T a: a) o2 \"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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4 d- a8 a8 [+ e+ FOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.5 p3 B' o* s6 d
! d' O% E; p) D7 L! `Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.2 W, N' K, p/ n
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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."* i& `4 v9 C! f0 V1 L% s
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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.9 i6 @$ p t* w/ D1 T. g; u
8 F) K1 g1 l+ iThey 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?"
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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.' g) \- l6 r. x$ K8 X
& p Z- }: w% P6 \Aided 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.$ ]; f0 ^ |* f/ ?6 w+ r3 P* g
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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.0 n1 T# I0 K, Q7 v- t: J2 s* r0 b
% l8 D2 E- y7 w/ H" \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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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9 o% O9 _+ q9 [) Q z; B9 X1 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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8 n( S D6 [: F% N; ODuring 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 \ [6 B* m" `
, ~& p# U1 z, @9 A1 |$ Q7 CBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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, B5 g- W/ j2 v8 K"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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' p7 R6 ^' a* |5 I7 i" b9 j& p"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. F. d0 X: T, [7 P6 n
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