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thank you for the news,
9 U, l6 r2 n& Yi have some news from toronto too... E9 C* h' g- }4 P; `' }9 h2 h
% p5 @6 N' b, ?9 ttoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
' @3 @; q1 I1 ethese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.! v8 s) ?& P2 q- d0 }, a$ B# \
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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.
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5 L" j2 {0 e) N n1 F& }Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado , b' j7 v2 d: y2 @
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET5 N, A# A: f6 U b7 j; g) E
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o# f) L9 v+ bTORONTO (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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% p! ~' ^- A% f! U- l, i# o, ?: ]- SThe 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.; a, J2 Y, o% U1 u
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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.
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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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4 }& q% I0 H2 v0 M p$ L% Z) U# KA 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.7 x3 X3 U" Q# R, d5 l2 \6 p
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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." e6 q8 f, c) r& c+ [' p
% S, Q& ~+ f" n# r5 y"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.
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Amidst 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."6 h" V1 V+ N& h4 d+ s
- o6 Q9 A$ n8 jFergus 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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! ~$ d3 J9 M. b n0 I/ H* l/ CThey 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." U5 ]# ^% D- e) c! b$ m2 k
e7 k p1 L/ J& d% I9 I"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.
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' [, T9 `, ~; @% \5 RAided 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.% q( F/ D: o! W0 k4 j
# P: ?/ A- ?7 d* i U) GCoulson 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.. T1 V! U6 B0 \9 p; q
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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./ M6 f, i* s- |$ a
$ {3 U4 z! p7 K& U4 e/ m. e5 T% ]' oDue 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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+ a0 E' T7 S% K9 K8 V& a( tMeanwhile 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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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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"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.# }2 m v5 Q3 L% b3 Z3 Z) @. k7 Z
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