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thank you for the news,
( v* [% c2 w# [) `5 L: v6 Vi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.. j% V7 q9 K1 U" h
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado5 R6 L# D6 v; z) h/ |" ?: j
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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. x8 T2 H; }- ]* \! F$ h. `2 {6 iResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado . h; A/ v% u# v
by: PAUL CHOI
1 b' h7 Y& T, MSat 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.! `4 v" x5 W2 Q7 V3 P) l) S
8 c Z& z* R8 L9 c2 iThe 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.; {' B1 N' t8 b, S; S5 ]
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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.* c& b& b& g6 T; d* h) C8 g0 {
8 j% l8 v* L: t* P"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."; S4 s2 f `3 b3 A( V! E9 K7 V* G
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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.
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/ W" s- z$ v# P1 y8 g& h) A/ N% mElsewhere 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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; ^4 n3 m& x- h" i: @"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." K( Q% W7 _1 Y Z2 P3 v
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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.3 r, V7 L# d; c* x* @
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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."0 m: O3 b6 x }- X/ J
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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.
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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 z8 i' U" W4 l6 o/ E9 R$ v
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"7 { M3 T) M( u* T# m+ r
+ L5 T$ E' l0 w5 F+ V: K$ J+ SOfficials 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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. C& p: A) y* `# u3 m! Y9 v9 \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.# S: ?- T C( }8 M; M! {
1 h8 y1 S( T/ ~: ` mCoulson 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.* \9 T7 G l8 `; H1 q/ u1 Y
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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. 0 S) x+ }+ [/ k9 X7 c* |
! }7 P4 L( q3 W2 X& eThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. , K& D% A4 N7 z( Q
8 V G& O# L$ _9 G4 {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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w, f' Z# L) Q3 E0 _"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. 9 T% f! m3 M$ h0 p" g, }* w8 V
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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.
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