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5 Z/ `7 x, T- O# ^thank you for the news, 7 b1 | }! v: O
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!!!.' b! B; o/ F/ a1 U& H0 D
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado% E0 N1 M% S+ f6 |; Q; I1 r, L
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+ O0 t; D- E& S8 D" rthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.! R" {. h3 [$ `6 x, r
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! l$ G/ B' n- p7 U3 N7 IResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado & L# p) T( ^2 S3 x! F
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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+ `; k! ]0 R8 i) M- ?, b# Q- P6 nTORONTO (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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% u. r' @' K& X3 ^3 C1 t, bThe 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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( K* [4 T; O3 ]; B, p4 V2 [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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) g& {8 [1 b( |1 |# x"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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# `1 A0 A6 l, p7 M2 A: p5 u WA 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.! p" n6 \/ z: c
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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.# C2 A: E2 ~+ z' ~
. g" p: I6 m* x2 b"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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$ r5 g6 O/ f" b9 M: {9 GOn 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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9 Z2 m- ~$ ~( P3 H4 ~3 N8 r4 VAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.; B# Z% `* K% ^
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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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+ u6 R6 n0 j' GFergus 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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"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.$ U" s/ `/ O2 s5 g6 S+ t) n* b( W
+ ]# t+ P- l0 w: \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./ |/ D, m! {- H, r1 r" S9 L+ C
5 Q3 Q7 ^2 N6 z$ S7 f"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. 2 m l9 W7 Y$ f2 i1 \& L, z8 f c- u
' v% G) x3 a D4 cThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. * l9 p8 t1 Q l1 d6 P+ H! p
0 M- _- t' }) M; p' i1 e1 y0 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.
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# ]) f# S1 C5 EDuring 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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: n% M, _' g6 CBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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5 W4 H, C& Z) N* P6 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. 7 ^ U, Z) I! B
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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.- Y, F* J/ e! a, R
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