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' |5 J# J0 u1 e3 gthank you for the news,
/ r4 }6 I% ^5 d+ Ci have some news from toronto too..." M2 r: H @; c- p
5 ], k; k& } C4 X2 K \# }3 vtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.1 G0 Y. B1 K1 A; i8 i
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.- S# U" n1 _( G1 G+ M9 D0 T( C
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado% z; f/ |! ~8 F) w
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.* @+ m6 j( s, H' |2 D/ u5 ~7 I
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' o9 K( Z* M3 [4 M# j3 pResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 6 `& j" E8 T9 j9 v$ a& E- A; t
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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.
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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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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. J* @# \% f# v8 w+ g( O. ^
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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.8 U& ~" t% D% G4 O$ ?
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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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"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."5 b- |' |2 ?+ j! F! h; i
* @4 Z3 {$ i) f( x' v! F3 pOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.+ A, t/ n! ]; M; _, g8 H o: j4 n* ~
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.( j3 P( e0 x5 P" F' R, N: X8 t
9 U/ ~& \' e/ b& N$ x8 E' x4 |"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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0 a3 Z7 `4 s& c1 L. mFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.# k! w7 } C% v- ^" H+ U: d
: u7 J( z( h# i7 y8 _( vThey 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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/ ~+ E3 X( C# I" A9 L( h9 _$ b"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.4 ~/ b7 N0 b! }8 I( n$ j
% l. V: Q* o3 r3 R/ m1 P, ?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.6 E' O; H* Z2 ?8 X6 G
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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.6 v) Q4 C) ^" o9 h5 Y+ D
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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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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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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. 3 `0 C4 w' g* ]- r% b
2 y! r! D6 A/ EBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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1 i8 K3 u# A& x5 a"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. 2 u: F: ^& J7 P6 o( o
* ]' O; p' J: q"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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