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thank you for the news,
1 r; x" E0 m( U }6 Ji have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.7 p1 B: _, O; T
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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2 d( J* j$ ?) I2 _southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.7 ~+ ?1 j: h9 `3 H
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& y0 s& @8 ~9 N' S Z! m, \; `Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET4 W5 {2 N& O6 p; v8 E' c
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% z' I6 {# ]6 g5 J9 _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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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.& z1 L2 i% `# ^3 @" `
+ d# c) S* {5 R( g9 W+ X/ D+ K: IIt 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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9 i5 G* `6 l6 ]- D"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."; u0 a9 d$ v8 C* a7 [ T& Z' w
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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.
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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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+ M4 y- j8 p8 l8 R* y m5 d6 D! k"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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/ v$ y; M o5 g9 e) \% tOn 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.
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5 V I/ C7 E9 p4 m! J"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."2 o/ P: |2 U$ P
- i; O; M% l! y+ @9 N% X l; UFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window. ?9 [4 e3 I' G3 { Y# H' P8 i
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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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/ k; B& O9 w3 }- S3 T"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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6 q$ ?8 c* b/ u0 w. lOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.( Q9 ~ W* l. m, _4 `3 e
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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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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.& y/ e7 j8 }) z( J& u r+ j
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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." m& O1 e9 {# K9 q/ Y- G
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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.
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The 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. p, ?1 D0 Z$ G$ W' X7 y
! P7 k0 Z- A( l& G; x5 ]8 z6 yDuring 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. 6 Z& M( J* S* [- S, {# K, U3 m
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! |4 l: }! p2 C9 s0 s, 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. 9 a, L( I7 x" c% U0 E0 L
5 Z# a$ ]0 u9 X. Y: J7 i/ T1 R) c"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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