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- ]7 e- f5 X" D( j' i7 m3 ]toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!. ! R# e* ~ \, T. P: k4 c' kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. : _, J$ p3 W" V+ a4 m) a! @http://www.thestar.com/images/thestar/img/050819_traffic_storm_250.jpg! \0 q. w+ e2 F! M+ f/ i" d5 W
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado1 T( o8 F* }" {
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*********************************************************** - {9 O: \, O7 P' }Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 3 [1 ] s# H# A9 ^by: PAUL CHOI ; X- \% ]' r) O! E# B$ I. mSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET9 ?# g. @" r* h
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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.& Q/ ]! C5 D( T; P* j+ V9 F
8 E" ^' z! o- Q4 c5 u# v$ UThe 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.+ h* W7 P+ u& e# d( B1 S7 T1 o
* W, d- a, V* ^" Z4 U) U; }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 T% R+ _: D# e3 E; ]
& u( ~) \, _# ^"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." t* j( v1 b+ K/ ?; O% M# x! @
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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. - ^9 b" ^) x9 \- n8 E% a4 H , t" m2 ^) L8 f8 H. Y- t5 wElsewhere 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.4 P: r! `* K! j3 f4 _
# m, B1 N: B& C9 v+ z"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.". p; i- m+ J! G" ]
7 {" |2 j5 N( d& Q* p4 |. V xOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.: {9 l6 W! a! _' O. }- i* r1 W3 M
& D, e* J1 y0 ?. H( m9 _Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.& Z5 l0 [. g9 f0 |2 V; o! W
) {! S E/ s* g. m" Z"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."/ B2 G) |+ M5 A: r5 w
: d% V' z7 r7 m; _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. / n5 C5 @ c! O; y" b 7 E! z Y) m7 N* P6 @5 [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.# P, @- ^ A; _& b! k6 p) }' V0 D
8 F! H7 l2 }! A& ~# l0 c. H"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" ! A& E8 i' c, `7 e: {# ~. K7 T |! \% E8 l
Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. 3 ~8 v P' m% h2 K4 E' R! J* Y/ V) |1 g }
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.& B2 I# x0 h6 L* K$ E1 A; a
% r, {/ S1 ]' N4 S; C$ e( z# XCoulson 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 q, T; l3 |8 o2 {
( x& k' B4 c& Z# q d"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 C, x5 T; o1 r* q0 e- R6 d1 e
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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. , X& u# s! [; ]5 Y' G
# i# j) R0 F4 X! Z4 AThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ) e& Y" x' S1 i" m& ?. n6 W % ] Q0 }3 b5 B" p) {& L9 mMeanwhile 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. 1 R; |' m$ N7 e& {% s5 ]
4 O. ]0 B' q6 J; R# xDuring 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. 1 \) t( _ w* f6 @1 y1 {; A. v( q# |% \- ~/ h6 b0 v
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5 e8 ^; v3 j; F8 U# u"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. & `, F4 ^( q7 H" N$ _7 c2 q
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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.' c( ^9 W- h1 R, L# _
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