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thank you for the news,
! U+ v4 o# x, X9 t& h" x: ki have some news from toronto too...# ~, K/ a# F( {% o
$ r* q' W; `: z/ } z" }toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
1 s/ t* B: c! f8 B) N! a* r( Y! sthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday./ e4 Y" y$ n0 b# ` T( e0 ^3 X
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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, d. @+ q& v$ B% rthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.4 Y8 S! [! a$ f/ U/ S' A) s+ L
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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' C2 Y3 j; Q& y6 i5 G/ tSat 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.
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; B6 r5 k6 i$ q2 s& z2 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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. u, Q6 G- j1 i6 ]% O" u; W( a* cIt 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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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.! i, R. A& @( P- k" T$ G) 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.' M7 E/ I% F; K+ S; ]
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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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' |% ~6 ~* ], b7 j# A+ [7 Z6 HOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.: w3 p+ b$ b! d# z
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.8 K) e. Q4 g1 x2 _$ x
- c1 f# i( X! b) F$ q; }7 G"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."
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2 m$ Y# U) v2 I! H/ @! n9 bFergus 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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"9 z/ q" ~$ M! j1 G6 m0 a, z
. p- Z# }+ O4 i3 L( \3 g; {+ \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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6 G; e/ m& g$ X! n YCoulson 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.# m* p7 e- t6 I! @
' u& }' F' A6 |, q& d" Q( L" v3 l"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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+ C1 [- a6 Q& {" Z# X3 uDue 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. 2 W, |" B6 F" c3 w; U
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. : N& ^1 K' w: c; G" P) P; G
. M& S2 L3 F8 n, 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. 3 h( Q7 `. g* N( s' N2 q
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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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2 J$ f% n3 r2 h% [$ ]6 d5 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. $ P$ A" X! p/ Y
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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.5 b4 s' _! N: X6 @5 `% S5 @! b
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