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) ?" ~+ n" n, l; @) ^4 ^2 fthank you for the news,
7 z9 ?* U& Y" A2 R; e! G6 T0 xi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: Y7 N m* v$ [ Z' `: w4 |$ K
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.' B! M7 D# A* ^9 x+ Q/ i4 I
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2 i3 [( W1 I8 } N) i' H% C; qsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.4 w" `% J+ x: R- R) \1 @# q9 O4 V
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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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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.: ~) i/ H' F1 ^* C4 C9 k5 I
- i7 z+ Y1 f. PThe 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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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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0 H/ o N4 O, j3 i"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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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., u- n& Y. Q" Z6 v
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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.", s9 v0 z$ i( s
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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.5 g: p- t8 d8 X+ L) t' |
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.9 B& W, S4 @$ G2 w- S
: Q8 T7 q1 O7 E! _"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."+ |( u+ X8 E* X5 }- ~( x
9 H/ R, Z( }/ ^. e( {6 EFergus 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.9 U$ ^1 U, @+ `9 N. g
0 s& O" j- o7 Q"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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6 x' w) V% i2 gOfficials 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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6 |: [" P2 R2 JAided 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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) ?! `0 Y. @0 ?"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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% @. h1 Y' [6 @0 \$ lDue 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. & o% U1 y+ a7 j& P
8 y) V0 R3 h% ]+ O5 j- X# K1 AThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 4 x$ q! y5 Z: w* R
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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. % L' `, ]* f4 b7 V1 l! G) ?: z
; J6 j$ s4 M& v }1 aBut 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.
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