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' @4 D! v8 q# ~1 K5 fthank you for the news, ) c3 Y$ K2 J7 ]& A d! n
i have some news from toronto too...
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7 A% a: o! U9 Dtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
* @0 r2 r4 ? ~; \, F( N1 ^these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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* a+ F7 n; c' w7 g, E% |5 v0 T* isouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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/ c& D' |- x( _' UResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 7 r( ^$ Z% ?# R5 N2 M4 V
by: PAUL CHOI 3 {, D5 H2 o' @* F
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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1 ?! V7 E$ k2 y6 I3 A) x& J0 @- BTORONTO (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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3 b ]/ U, q' Y2 L: oIt 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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"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."9 p ]% a4 v- ^; a5 R$ o$ V
6 N+ g- S9 b3 FA 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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0 D1 k7 V0 M0 s; I2 J+ q# QElsewhere 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./ l5 Z3 H% K2 j' S0 H
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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."6 K9 C, y7 L/ J' L2 h) l3 e7 L
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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.& [( p8 f& D3 o, W" Q
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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0 M# O1 O! _; b4 n; W"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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$ i4 \1 Y1 T3 o5 ^ a, y; QFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.8 z. V2 p( m5 Q' z
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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.
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. e) C9 D( p+ l7 a4 n"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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7 ^5 J% k" R3 a3 x. J- T3 ]9 @Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.: n3 h. _, s5 R$ x9 o; i
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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.4 K Z& R) J7 h6 z2 p* A; O! r
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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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( D/ K3 T1 U5 A8 ?9 v! S, n"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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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. 9 q; s# `) | D
7 c1 @7 R3 f; f" ]! D9 v i# e4 wThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. : k8 p d% r2 b/ W% K L( {
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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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- q+ |# w1 T' l7 o; d"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. 7 Z) Y2 m4 W+ I0 S4 B6 V, D
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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.7 i, u9 P, v9 ^) ?! `- f/ b
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