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& ?- x/ }4 \' B4 o4 b) D& K2 Hthank you for the news,
# I" x9 w6 F! \3 D4 W- _" ~0 Li have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.4 Z, d; \ t, Z) t
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.* @- N8 W6 F3 l9 ^# @; e6 A
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado0 j. G6 A8 t* c u1 c- b, y8 S
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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" T5 p$ l( e% GResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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7 N. P# A, I* z2 [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 L/ _' z* H$ {$ H; f0 r1 n% AThe 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., ^, _ W" |0 c$ V. N
8 B$ L9 `( P: f: UIt 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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"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."9 S# o3 T4 I! y4 ~
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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. G* U3 Q, x3 I9 a' w( B9 k9 Y
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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.* {* t9 d- l& C/ Z
; A% ?# n* k0 g% Z, o1 U4 ~6 R"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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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"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."3 q8 v1 J H7 G2 d9 I, J
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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.# g% x4 L' `3 O3 G$ Q$ [( h5 H
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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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7 H6 d/ {/ x, s3 a$ c9 U, R"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"- A; S4 k1 [9 u; y. f
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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.% @6 O# d/ E p0 j
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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.( O3 f# o/ J) K+ \$ z8 j w3 X) o
8 q' w+ t: k7 j- O/ \) VCoulson 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.( J# J" ] D, J- I/ H0 l0 N$ f3 k/ ^0 U
7 i1 v& {, Y1 u4 l* o1 L& I"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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1 a5 G3 {3 D5 ]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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' b) ]! R3 ^& ~( GThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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8 v% ?9 R% d% Q$ R4 f0 ], bMeanwhile 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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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.
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5 y: L, p" ?* w, q7 v"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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