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thank you for the news, 3 x; n( u4 R# ~: o4 ~6 l0 w. G
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!!!.& Q7 ^$ N4 ]: P3 F) u6 V
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado6 F. {1 R2 j, r1 c" _" R/ h1 y
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' V* ]4 P3 y# z5 r0 a- T5 v8 o7 Jthe 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 ; r: ?: `/ F @6 g ], P
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Sat 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. F9 Q9 B" t5 n( q$ ~
+ e5 u* B: d# s+ b+ NThe 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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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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4 S2 V U2 N4 a6 _+ M"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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: Z" ~5 k, X& X EA 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.
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; l- m" r8 Z; ^1 J"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." i4 x, i2 D0 X) ]
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On 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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7 Y. D( {3 _) {7 V1 P( T7 gAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.7 ~& T$ Z0 @. c/ 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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* s- K1 R) d2 i, c4 @& k0 u- ^% OFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.' ~# n9 f4 \7 J9 H& x( j# c$ {
* U9 I0 r$ t! ]. T$ `+ f' dThey 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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1 _& U, u8 ~; ^"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"( X) |* E1 L+ i, ?" i/ |9 y( v
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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.: L9 U- p- P2 Z' J
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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.5 i+ D# @, m' o G
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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.2 V; O9 W9 r. O% t) w
! ^6 m( J3 {1 k0 s8 o"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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% x& B* M( m5 S: Z# v# a4 U! yDue 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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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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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. : P2 G. [/ X7 U- p
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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.# t9 v9 o+ e! _* c3 I
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