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thank you for the news,
_. Z3 b! _5 [: Pi have some news from toronto too...& g( E$ O( |& H/ [( l
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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7 L8 Z# ?0 |+ ^8 D& l5 }the 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 6 C% |/ n g1 w2 A8 M+ I
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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., q4 e, O7 ^' q
3 u7 k1 [9 p+ h" nThe 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.+ ^. F8 B w% X, o( ]# l1 A
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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.) G& y$ A3 ^. H, b$ ^- K3 H" L+ p& {; M
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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.") S& O) ^. M$ m3 }
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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% s. ]5 P( N5 ~+ }, n
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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.5 H3 i, q: h. \# }! F
+ S6 x4 P. @4 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."; |2 y% R" E* v3 Z# C$ J$ @
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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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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& x- \; F0 \, q! g; p" W k"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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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.0 o; Z/ i/ x6 }3 O0 h8 Q; D
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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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: q, h2 e( w/ B r5 x/ a! Q"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"$ H4 Z0 y' W4 O. ~, R: W
4 x& J# V# E, C P: Y' mOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.) n) [% h2 K7 z4 _1 }' W6 S5 R6 z2 V
! i H; e0 z: `3 z+ E/ ^) c I/ d" `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.& _4 n8 b) h8 D
+ Y1 }2 D6 B4 c6 w+ ?6 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.$ e2 v! G3 a' J' q6 ^5 O* p
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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.
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f3 g1 E4 F3 r" `5 hDue 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. 5 G7 n2 z5 V' s
9 ^8 S& M; d4 N) x! ~9 p" l# CThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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2 w( S- ]; g( WMeanwhile 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 i2 n U0 u7 K* K9 x0 O9 {! K
- m+ K% j1 `- Q3 }8 }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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5 T0 C* o% e5 H6 V- g+ }) oBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ( b4 X" R/ W% z2 v& `2 z8 S
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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. . T* L6 x0 Q' t4 J" ?
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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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