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; }! H+ R4 ^0 bthank you for the news,
( C0 i1 h/ q5 E4 y) ?6 ji have some news from toronto too...1 `( R2 {& E! [1 f" X6 r+ Y% F5 H' h
* w) y/ m: {' Ztoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.+ y& J. d: J. E9 V4 e
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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) \$ Z: u( j; osouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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( d0 g% _1 O2 E' Y! \% P& h! m othe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage./ N4 v: w' w7 p& o
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* n! X8 p8 F6 @3 }5 m8 wResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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8 K; v/ B5 b h0 i9 mTORONTO (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.- t, p8 c3 A3 X/ Y- ?; z
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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.2 R1 a! D$ W5 k/ V# f
1 c7 z; G+ t9 ^"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."+ r7 I, b0 W3 ~
. A1 F! u9 I* {6 tA 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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- H+ _8 R% M( PElsewhere 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."
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) X% @( A" y6 x( qOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.: S( L* _! U4 C! F9 I
+ j; B/ V L: b3 u M: W GAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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; }/ T( z' d/ |! O0 q ?8 `"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."- u, V2 Z+ s- ^0 X0 r
9 ^# d( t% E5 ]2 X3 Q5 E3 s. X. GFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.3 g- X. ^# B* H% T7 A1 \) S
% L$ \. T5 O) D$ S* e0 R, CThey 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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# V* S! {6 x0 D4 J7 K, i"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.
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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." i4 I+ j& P' P2 q. e3 T
. J8 T3 H0 K) @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./ F; X) F$ b/ S+ ^
# f2 P- t( ?! g9 R( s"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.; f9 u0 s: _; h: c# B. ?
* O! U; P( C: m" A7 B. p2 ]# r% iDue 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. / B9 l( T% w& ~$ @# T
3 @7 i$ w- T- A; d. kThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 8 Y) ?, h4 N2 A2 N
2 n0 G1 l, a2 A m2 \5 `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.
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/ K( i! b* w) h$ |3 I* w) Q7 T"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. , Q2 L1 V; J" [8 w$ U: j' K* m& O0 a
6 h+ `; Z O0 ^- V$ M0 P"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.9 [( T- e/ u: v5 m4 P4 I4 v
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