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i have some news from toronto too...: i0 r" ~' \' f/ y/ H
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. r9 ?4 w: X5 K! r
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado + {3 R% V7 e9 o& v1 m" e- c2 \0 z; A( W9 }/ G8 y( G# Q1 z
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. ! e' m, A/ b V 5 h- r6 ~9 H* I7 j; k* s" M8 o) `5 |) ^! H! d3 W1 @6 j
***********************************************************9 P% q) G. U7 E Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado & V7 W- G, U4 u( ^( aby: PAUL CHOI , O9 b4 g+ Z9 {) y$ YSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET . I0 j% q2 H- Z+ I y) l ) R8 _* _( Q9 ?3 R % z' @# C/ R$ T* j' pTORONTO (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. ! m! X! n" }7 W4 |6 T) i# `) w$ [; W1 `8 b7 O' k; m5 {( k& c2 S. y! u
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 \2 X! V* M7 N! S% S2 [
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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.( {/ Z! H% B- P# j& R
& v! e- L" U2 @: p9 r' @2 C"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." / {' [7 c- y! |5 ?- K; a7 d7 m/ |! {& H. Z! J: ]" j
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." [$ g8 j. ]: F! Q* k8 g. z
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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.- ^1 U7 E7 A0 y& T9 T. y0 q
( y. z$ A8 c/ m# R- @4 i"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 t1 ]4 t' i/ M; K+ M2 u
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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.7 i' b1 i0 _6 a! R& K/ Y
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& L3 |6 O- p* J"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." 4 H3 d, L# O: F% U* r( W9 F 1 @) @# |2 z5 ]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. * I, j: h7 |8 @8 `* T M7 t5 E2 u0 W. R6 M: T
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. 0 w. K" K6 v+ q, k" o- W. S6 M- J4 O+ b* k/ r) p
"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" 1 e+ V* ~" d) i6 }: N6 Z# ~3 m# H1 ^' K1 D( D2 }+ x
Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. e' ?8 P9 A% k/ e* {, ~3 S4 Z8 [8 L& f* m/ |
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.9 Y% ^& [* b3 _- o3 w$ v. e* [
, }. O* y7 H- n8 Z- ]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.4 x4 X7 s) {' Y& f$ g& b
* G; s$ c, |3 D& @/ ]" 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. 0 i; Y& o3 f* {( t% m, R, t9 y- }! n5 o" _- D* ^! X0 v
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. : p4 W+ }( g/ A# T1 s& w
& S( D2 P% e" gThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 2 E" ?: T1 e {# c0 m
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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. 7 b7 `9 U q$ ~" z0 |" C6 B1 s( {% d 8 f. J/ S% E( hDuring 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. & l* K% [# B$ D! o5 r |* {
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: q& w# Q8 c+ D9 k/ M: M"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. ' g* D- h8 y) L4 g% Z/ b1 q7 O, @
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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.1 H4 }! _; V0 [) }# m1 H1 C% C
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