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- I5 z; W7 }5 P# Q! m9 wthank you for the news,
) a$ F. w3 W- I7 j) R" g% o8 u9 di have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
4 I6 q" m$ B6 dthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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- g* D3 |1 q) h, H; Msouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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5 r i3 u8 H) j; Q3 nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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% Z& h+ S- k3 j- @) ]" [' DResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . K$ U1 T7 _. z5 v1 r3 U# S
by: PAUL CHOI
0 c; o* A* ?, j4 K, F% LSat 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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# n+ { n$ U% V* 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.
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: l0 M) z9 D8 nIt 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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"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."/ P) U2 p4 n1 o# z( S
6 I G/ M# D" s4 I1 tA 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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) {7 ?9 S7 m5 @6 S6 S- M" wElsewhere 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.; ]! t+ N. W+ \9 ~5 M/ T
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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."# r/ \, B& ^) K5 b3 `6 H
5 c% X5 |( o6 H/ ]On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.& ~' x( @! _8 _" w, H
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.8 f: Z& t l- |9 S0 [1 g
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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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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.( W( k7 S. S8 n" ?: C5 n
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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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. P5 x& ]. t' U% K"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.2 g+ n E' w6 N# p' _, d- n* R
! m @2 K! O/ u+ F: sAided 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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+ I# K) ]& V: q5 f+ L"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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" n# h2 A- z5 k7 ~7 gDue 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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" S4 V% V2 U2 i# QThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. x$ q2 h' H+ m4 N
: |( K" a/ i9 V7 n/ i5 EMeanwhile 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. # l2 M" P4 G$ \' z; w" n% Q* B
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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. 9 M. P" X% \6 D
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ) s6 R% Q# L2 k! P
5 M1 e& t3 e; m4 U2 Z"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. , T6 t3 }5 G6 G+ s3 M/ I7 C
$ s( J- m/ O7 U8 y5 ]: I r: ?"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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