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thank you for the news, . r) N' N9 o% `1 q6 Y
i have some news from toronto too...
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9 h+ F4 W/ @; D0 S8 L z3 h. }toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.1 C$ K5 [' v7 o+ x
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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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.3 z- C" ]; w2 \2 X& u( F: N: L
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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' Y0 T" u) t9 U! u3 H
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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.8 X7 I3 G3 s0 i
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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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' K' ?5 j$ d- i uIt 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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, D2 U$ n! Y2 l& ^"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."! A w/ ^. M1 m q, d E
* T8 c: K( n7 i1 Q/ u) U3 NA 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.
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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.1 b( ^+ t$ h! ?, S; n2 R
: {: X& g6 c8 G; d"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.' R u( F! S1 `- ?$ V* i
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.! B! s6 V( K" D9 O- C
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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."* ?8 V$ _$ S5 t( P. k; r, T6 a
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Fergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window. U& k* l5 z5 ]3 L0 }8 i
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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.( k( o" D* f1 @6 a0 p
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"2 T+ ^ ]$ k& g
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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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! s+ Y s. f7 O0 |6 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.( A2 D) Y* p7 Z
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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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3 O! d$ F9 V6 f! {"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.: B/ n( }& E+ S8 `9 c( ]
4 O$ e- M; l1 W: H* B5 s$ w- { b) fDue 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. 4 ~1 f5 U" D* m% d6 e' C3 [
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. . Z5 u( j% K* F
# r' I4 p" i9 G9 V3 t; u9 GMeanwhile 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. 9 [2 w, O$ z: e% [
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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. 8 S8 o/ `- b B r
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9 |6 Q) y/ N1 Z* p# M"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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( b/ E$ G# F9 o3 _2 ?( r& T"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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