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& v& A: S1 {! ~6 g$ s- q! Qthank you for the news,
4 B$ i, o- ?' R- @5 O1 [6 z# Mi have some news from toronto too...' x2 Y) A! j# k. _, r
' e+ n( i4 R2 J# jtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.. @3 Y$ K0 ~; c( T6 O
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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! p0 K+ |2 x1 F4 O! t% g6 Xthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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- Z/ K# { \- XResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 i- L* C1 | n1 B
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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' z# V) g, |3 N* M0 HTORONTO (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 M+ F+ T! M5 U6 I
( d# g% M0 o) K* r; [; [' e% g3 R6 dThe 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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& I# Q( e) S# N* Z) { L2 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."
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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./ ? R" k& {/ m4 u5 }8 x
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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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0 C |5 c2 N1 s# G% M) 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."
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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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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."; R3 v6 Q) C8 \6 @2 E& c
+ M2 i9 g5 i0 ~; _0 IFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.$ M9 A0 k9 o1 k8 a) g6 h# _) U( ]0 N
2 c K! M5 Z+ `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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- U; i; }. x& F$ I"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 W- T& G* o8 _0 l2 m, x! I/ n
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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." M$ {0 z- i7 J2 J7 y. y
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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.
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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.
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8 ]0 @& Y. T" U9 S5 `"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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' K* O! ]+ i0 q/ K& M) q+ c; cDue 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 z; p' _8 s- BMeanwhile 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. # M$ U+ D& _; i+ S7 F1 K- \
# J O$ v' Z- h2 }5 i( y# h: `3 o! ZDuring 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.
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6 n4 W. l) ~7 e# l: m. Q"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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