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thank you for the news,
, m/ L' `, [# j; {) Ai have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
. P* }% R' c- t4 @) b0 D% w' athese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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8 E' Y* E( ?, O1 s3 Bsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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! J7 q+ B, r# b' [9 X- u# Bthe 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
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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) Q8 ~) J, H0 M# W# B; S6 H1 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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' M, W! `# a0 j2 z) B) L, YThe 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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$ f# L3 M5 D: D. ^) dIt 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.- t* T, s5 v; Q& n1 N
2 B* L& x; q* ^6 G0 Q"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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) _ P5 @, K0 v* U0 }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.! F& X$ S8 t6 ] |! F
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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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.) H! Q+ [% q- L: Q
8 A7 z8 n9 W& o. jAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.1 I. |' c: |0 O2 [. h% _
* [) W+ P' o f( U4 K$ K9 M"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."3 \/ ^. v& g- o; I! m" t& 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 e% G9 M; b% Y: ~
& m% Q1 g/ Z4 [0 X# o. G5 xThey 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.4 U9 ? j% G1 b3 ~
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"1 h) f' O$ T% q) J# G5 d
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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.
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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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"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.
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+ A4 y7 `* H7 ?3 j. Z/ eThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 6 {2 Y0 r- X4 z; D0 x' D; P+ @
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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. M/ e0 ~2 G' i
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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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, f) x+ i. Q* c; t; q) f( k"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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