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thank you for the news,
+ D2 }" H4 J% S) _% F( fi have some news from toronto too...
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7 T5 B5 G1 _; X' Y* r. X' L0 Otoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.# B2 i- l: i9 v
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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) w2 S0 O4 v$ X! h8 H' |southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. @- ]$ ^7 c, H! r9 t* A
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% v3 g& t+ h) w: h& ]5 w9 KResidents 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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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.
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The 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.( v5 d3 D) L0 K! Z( {( K
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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.9 ^+ B* L y& P' Q" g8 w
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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."
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. t3 i: X7 p* ]. ZA 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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"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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; g0 \( Q$ \, v) SOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.) T! a! q, v7 c( t+ I$ S
' V" l& o3 `2 h# C9 L) ?4 d4 zAmidst 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."
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; M9 e* [' d& Q7 |0 h% h3 k" TFergus 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.8 I5 ?" p: O2 J5 {2 ?
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"3 ?, v* ]- y. k7 o$ }- S5 U
) o I/ b8 `8 ?: D( q8 VOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.
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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.+ E9 T T% j7 E3 Y
$ K1 q2 N; n6 N+ G5 B4 q/ b7 U2 fCoulson 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.6 G7 D, G- [" N& E" F- K
- }$ M) E( S% n"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.* u0 A' Q, S" a3 A
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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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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5 i5 @/ @. F+ j! U: NMeanwhile 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 @; v( _3 i# A$ a1 GDuring 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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* L( D3 R- e! G7 P- x6 U"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. ' T( _* ~6 U) o4 B
7 T8 x \+ I. S8 \, Y3 w0 c w"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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