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. c Y* L1 I# W5 Q' N, m pthank you for the news, - I9 w* b& I' M7 n& y
i have some news from toronto too...
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. n3 L" O) l9 \! e; I7 htoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.9 V; m% I$ q) B: J) }
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado" X' s+ E6 d6 m7 ]1 e; P
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$ y3 S- R$ O( V/ V) y( Q1 Z, Vthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.8 s) ^ T& O' R
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3 L2 ` R! C* } ]8 KResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 5 {: h3 O/ d# v8 F# s# B, F. y
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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+ K# d+ H/ w6 [. cTORONTO (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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4 Q! s% t3 d; m# K( X# JThe 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.6 w# i# p2 P7 l) d; K2 @$ w7 h
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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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X. g( e& \+ X5 e"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.") M+ A4 Q5 v3 Q( D
* t9 r& k, t* SA 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.: c% @" ~2 }. \% a3 r
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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.
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"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."8 q1 J. n, j/ C, C6 G
2 L0 j' W. e2 f1 H DOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.: G" ~2 J2 u1 D/ s+ v
4 ~1 O, g/ E0 u# q2 cAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.) o" Z! K+ f% @& S
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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."/ f3 {: e/ p' [( p5 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.5 B9 i- B: m7 w$ _' Z' A5 G
+ u( J( o+ h- R+ `' `5 M% i5 vThey 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.( G7 M ^! m9 Q. [# r$ U
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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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9 F3 O# U; Q) k/ c. M o7 S" }Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.: C r2 r) Z7 T; T# i% Y( Y
& r6 d7 Y5 C6 G X2 `2 |5 }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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, a- Z4 i" x* a1 p) h7 G4 sCoulson 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. x1 g0 G/ S4 E7 E4 u4 d0 e4 q
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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. # d0 ~. w; j+ `' \8 Q
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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. % s( I D w" E- H* k
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- [8 M \- X6 P- I% 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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1 g9 z7 b' S! C"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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