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thank you for the news,
! E, q. R3 U# Bi have some news from toronto too...
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$ _* [3 M1 C# B8 \4 B9 x Ctoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.6 k; g$ m, q9 n$ Z/ O
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado8 H1 j5 Y) c2 e0 z5 e7 V# r
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, V% W3 f; C) r& v; m4 \. \' uthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.2 y# x% s7 b* a# p/ W9 j* e
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado , J" x; P k" L$ e: J0 J
by: PAUL CHOI 3 m* q) m# J( U6 E" V) o
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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5 n, _4 S4 O7 P/ D. [! Q: w: O8 gTORONTO (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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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.- M% B# D3 z( }& ?2 d* @/ p
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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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7 a8 R# ^% R$ x# \0 U, }) S"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 V/ m: G% T8 L" H7 g4 Y- o5 X' C
1 y5 V; i+ b4 R2 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.
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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.
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# r$ l; B* D# d- 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."! B2 r. s& l) u S7 H5 H f# E, E
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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., A1 w* r( g& q4 f/ Y
% \ y: q/ f! A1 _5 PAmidst 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."
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, M3 \6 Q8 P( [+ j0 s ^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.
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I4 H- U5 u; X# L' {; U3 v4 S5 ]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.( E9 q- V. x0 ]% h& s& J/ v% j n
; j/ f) Z( H$ l* x7 E& D* n; c"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"0 |; k# n H. k
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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.
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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.
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- k0 R/ f4 t+ c0 r; Y- UCoulson 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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"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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2 o# t/ `4 y4 r, BDue 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. 7 W4 Q7 S5 j. [8 i
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 9 t1 \3 D) b3 a: u) x! p% \
$ W, B' m6 D: F8 J- Y! C" kMeanwhile 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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2 m" g# Y5 @! V0 }! y5 ABut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. " t3 c! o% J3 s" y1 }
& K4 L$ b5 j' R7 J* m, f0 l"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. % {' [6 Q& i/ j+ a1 l
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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.
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