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thank you for the news,
) b' T9 V; }' ]% Vi have some news from toronto too...* s, _# _) H" s M' A/ ^; I, M
5 f, ]3 _! _* f+ d b# Qtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
' I( \" F2 _" ~+ b. othese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.2 Y2 C/ [9 b: ^. T% e2 M. u
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& N4 k* Y. J3 \) K# s% dsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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& H' X8 z* q" X1 H5 Q# athe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado " s8 S. e2 \+ k' ~, _
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET/ N& Z; s. @! s% E( I
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8 m1 o. i6 L/ JTORONTO (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., h1 r* f+ ?+ k
8 q( _5 V0 d; b1 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.8 v/ o6 D# G8 M
C3 V, s9 b! e1 E6 I: S9 E/ I. x- e+ C7 A"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."# p' w( @/ F0 q) Z
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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.. m1 C& K: h. y9 Q9 Z1 U
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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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/ { |* e- h' x( n"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.! q+ b9 g4 l/ w5 c1 ^) p* e$ D: V
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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."
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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?"7 ^; ?# U% b' P8 R& T/ Y; ^8 ?
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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.6 c9 u. Q5 M2 `2 o8 v1 _% d6 d/ q6 G$ p
! z+ `& F/ w6 Y: k8 t0 nAided 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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F( n1 _/ i2 e"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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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" G8 h$ A( G* W- ^8 x5 X" n+ IMeanwhile 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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5 N$ L1 R* f' gDuring 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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9 Q0 m1 y8 S% y# H1 c$ W- I% v" D"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. 5 q7 g! e1 n! e" Q& L; c
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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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