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i have some news from toronto too...
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# k: ?0 P0 @2 _, h7 `7 T0 A' jtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
. q! Y; a8 r3 a- w6 M2 X7 }8 Mthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado/ j- Q) K% `* q1 z
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.' r2 `1 t6 B. S0 h
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) m q9 Z0 O" ~7 RResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado + @, _5 J3 \4 T5 g4 N* K
by: PAUL CHOI ; q6 ~ r& `7 Z6 ~5 f- C* V% G
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET" x6 M$ Z+ m1 p! S- i
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6 d6 _0 f( v- g& tTORONTO (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.! P, _+ o* x7 M+ N$ l
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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.
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1 ]$ m6 o% P+ a9 d {1 \% ?: Z; WIt 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."6 b$ g. e! V9 ~! W
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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./ R4 ^( Q" K' o8 ]
: B3 K$ F' Q5 n6 g; W' |9 F# a6 iElsewhere 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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; b' i" P+ T9 }"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."" c5 V7 G: g1 y9 K) A& J1 h
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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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! V& U; w& O4 K! WAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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4 i% i/ Z. H! W: x"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."+ W- u y0 X7 T0 v! ?6 A4 O# j6 @
5 \* t7 v" r1 K7 a( w9 LFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.8 T5 v/ h! ~3 \$ [; M5 c* s) K- V0 O
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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.: c+ |3 [* }9 q% t' o; Z
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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 F& m6 T3 G" W
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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.1 M5 \; Z7 ]! O9 w! m- n* u6 V7 A
5 E0 e8 Y v) g# EAided 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.6 ^0 n" I& \8 J; V
: F6 ?' n9 }9 r' n: O4 {2 B2 TCoulson 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.0 F' S9 t, \0 c, T8 D+ t
+ w+ ]- N+ O: z- |; i& k& q2 G% c"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.3 o9 d1 ~- y" P6 L" N* v: g- L7 _
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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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. ?8 D* j" }( o7 MThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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" ~; L W2 [) |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. ' }. j% D) l- \
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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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" ~% d* I: e0 P6 {8 j" |( Q! sBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. : D: M3 f+ Z1 Y
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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. + C& y9 E5 K4 ]" ^
; M- b1 I2 i6 A' 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.) A8 ^( e4 F6 d
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