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thank you for the news,
6 @+ q' s* F- z2 Ni have some news from toronto too...
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7 C& n" j B" Ttoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.% r' O; Y* Y; n, @3 b+ L
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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) H6 ]/ Z% J* O) Cthe 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
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0 X! k1 o$ T4 p4 i% d8 ISat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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% G1 _: q6 @+ R D' W o5 B0 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.8 N$ N! t" C6 J3 X U! C
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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.3 F4 `7 o% N$ f' @
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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.
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1 r0 S, A+ D/ M/ w. j"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."/ |" J5 u; h+ q1 M
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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.
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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.& M) E0 {2 E/ f: U$ N/ h$ F( c$ a
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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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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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) j7 {+ V+ V& N' |/ g) T$ ZAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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! a+ X- |9 D9 W$ \3 X3 Z3 \"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." Q | c' v6 V
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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.1 p$ ]* k, f' m; E& T( x" G
r! @" M/ ^6 ZThey 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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; R, P. |/ u; _6 s" M4 }4 _7 X"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"6 w) x1 M- l& r
. a; u% [+ `4 EOfficials 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.8 _8 q0 X) p, P4 k" f+ c
/ F# r) X. ~& T. CCoulson 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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# L+ E, I% `3 Z8 ?"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 P/ Z* H, {9 T" |6 z+ ]
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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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2 Y* d+ ~7 @6 [; I4 J0 {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. 9 V% ?/ P# i* K$ `
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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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- Z7 }7 |2 k5 h& S& Z( E, |3 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.
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) x! s$ p( o" p9 n"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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