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# {2 i) i0 B! n5 R" L' E2 pthank you for the news,
4 k" A# f0 `7 U8 N; yi have some news from toronto too...( Y/ e7 H+ }+ ?( W
7 ?+ v0 w0 h) i3 Q; q: {4 qtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( i/ ^9 c$ @5 A) u8 ]" c% mthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado P& ]# i/ }" g. n' X, w* d, G
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) h1 W6 _5 r0 f- f% \% u* n8 ^9 Tthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.$ y, ?) J" n+ q1 \7 Q5 F
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 3 n8 R$ B0 m/ |/ ^- t) p) D
by: PAUL CHOI ! a) X5 k' t7 o
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.
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5 M$ d8 r3 S2 `* f" xThe 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.2 A. P# f! W2 F- c
, ]$ V p3 B: y8 X: pIt 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.4 b& v4 l9 I& p8 f4 Y6 ?) h: d
: d$ B/ K& ~+ g. k: _/ |"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./ p2 R3 C# m4 L# R
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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.6 Q, ^" o/ u* _: k. b
$ S0 {! n# @) G4 t' {$ \" V& b/ \"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.". X P z# W* \2 A
, E. e* P, ?3 J9 S3 OOn 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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4 o" H1 x1 K7 A$ }"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."4 _' ~& H. X% E! a, R
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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.
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$ t; f1 _+ S7 z" L. U& P4 S! XThey 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?"+ Z+ T( D, [5 N" W8 M8 v7 i$ I
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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.+ l# {, d, p- S9 o/ ^9 ?- s: n
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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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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.$ ^- N) h6 y& U
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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.% ~; T. K, k. s. \. r) }/ [( i4 J
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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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; O, W' P4 I; c2 F# w( G4 ^ pThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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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- w! |; D9 z; ~/ p/ }. [; q" [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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# r5 O0 s g9 o& m( f"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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