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thank you for the news, # v: f f7 o: D( B ]( J7 ^
i have some news from toronto too...5 F& O/ P Q' F5 T1 e
% l! @( m0 v# S% E7 @toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
) V0 J, j3 \) Z8 Y5 uthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.- @$ u2 U" W0 h& u; k/ l
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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* p4 Z: Y9 d$ Z6 m3 Bthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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5 W/ P, M4 `! q8 jSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET$ a* V/ f5 E) d
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( G; p# n3 f3 _7 H! H, p, FTORONTO (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.
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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.7 V$ j0 A( a' ]
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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."
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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., z7 ?- r) j$ L6 T$ d
' h+ r( n; M$ @; SElsewhere 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./ w% G/ |: l) P+ w. E) M* I) @
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"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."1 M: i* S3 C# 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.4 d2 w6 y( H/ q
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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."8 B" ]# V% ~/ [) c% ?" G
" R% L- E- O6 T- W9 _9 A7 zFergus 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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e9 S2 B$ L, ^1 qThey 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.7 F/ i+ ?/ R; O& e
9 C0 r7 ?" N9 p6 n"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"- | Q4 b7 o. N1 X
$ j8 x/ t7 X$ F+ O/ s- V3 n* C- yOfficials 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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4 B: X. P5 i3 b6 _5 GAided 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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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.3 s. L8 s5 j: W/ P1 A" k% i, ]
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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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7 Q9 c# j' f: `3 pDue 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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' d! t5 Y2 ^7 ^# qMeanwhile 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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$ Q/ ~% t6 w! K8 m. H" t& N6 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.
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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. . Q- R7 K' H: H
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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.' f! O% @3 M2 {7 j% w, d+ i
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