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thank you for the news, / h/ }% J$ Z. L% B( F
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.& R4 m2 Y' @- u
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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" T! v$ R: P5 L% {9 ?southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado' A |/ y5 [9 Z# j) F
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.+ y( F8 z+ E7 b
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- n2 H0 x' ]+ C. BResidents 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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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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W5 C9 V6 C8 \6 J. Z8 VThe 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.) {$ y9 D* X( Y2 E2 J( n" m
6 X% S5 Z' S/ ]6 t( }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./ ~) w7 z# S* m2 ^7 \; q
# v( a1 _2 t0 S+ Y1 {"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."5 Z: V0 i1 _' @- q9 \0 _- w/ j
4 J/ d. o r) f% ~7 N! Y1 i$ X4 J5 kA 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.7 s. e5 H+ q" [. ^
8 s6 U I/ z* l$ x8 cElsewhere 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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6 n, m y# v+ G+ O- 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. e: l0 Z- ?; M' A2 _% W
% C/ |1 H- H J+ Y"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."
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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.# B8 j! B% F1 p1 ^/ ]0 r
* ]9 k l ~1 h5 u/ p+ |7 hThey 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. S- u# Z) t: m* f
b- W# l1 C) t/ e3 B% e! s"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"' G/ H8 o# Z# | _; W& g( N% q1 ^
% {3 r" g% l1 OOfficials 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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0 R' R i1 v; X( hAided 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.- i5 Z0 n" d) ]+ |
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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.
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) \3 r+ f5 s1 {) {$ L4 O"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.1 K2 @" N$ B; ^4 i
' y* E, n5 {4 k# D6 `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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. F" b, B; j$ c6 K8 `
: z7 g7 G: d3 e* n. S V* UMeanwhile 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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! y/ z: f) N- |1 zDuring 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. 2 f/ ~3 ]9 Z1 S1 `3 C5 c
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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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6 P2 N6 c: c. J, d"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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