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thank you for the news, / l; w) p1 b# I4 O7 `* A. b/ R# u4 z
i have some news from toronto too...: Z/ r l4 \! [, @
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.% o8 v1 y: m1 L$ @8 v& ]7 a
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.: s# V/ [3 X6 ^2 w
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' F$ O7 v5 `0 e; }& l4 j0 p, E: Wsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado, {1 x9 j5 h0 G" u
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9 B5 T( z6 r2 k- S+ ?- Ithe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.+ j1 Q7 F) l' r0 ^ F9 B
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" n- m! B9 b$ ~/ P+ jResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ! ~$ j# h3 n5 n! ?4 ]
by: PAUL CHOI : k- ~% R' r: U3 l8 K& H) L
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET! j5 Y" S# v4 b" j$ }
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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.3 n# e( j" e1 s: E
- Z4 b2 A# N* R/ YThe 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., E" f0 l; N0 ^
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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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5 ^( a) |- }! l% G; d" d0 T; B3 M"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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+ x9 w9 d- _9 P/ e; L9 Y) EA 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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! m" N2 i) ^8 F& O. jElsewhere 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.# E; i1 o7 ]$ [* O, g! T/ C
9 m b* D: G/ q: b"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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( f3 b7 W# J( g& |% UOn 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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/ {9 X. z" } Q) i+ h$ U0 Q! gAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said., `, ^% V. I9 N2 g4 D
f9 i$ C" O7 f0 D! @+ M"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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6 e! V w m8 a z+ vFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.! ?+ z6 ^# {8 n H k6 X
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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.- C+ a/ r1 l) q2 P) s4 A2 w
3 c e( q! \4 t% B3 I0 K( J$ _"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.$ i# C7 V! C; B# R$ n1 r- r
! N; R; T7 L8 Z- t$ R2 uAided 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.) d K# L8 k* d* r0 U4 G
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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./ c, j1 [/ O( G3 G8 H
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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. " h/ A1 m+ [+ H
3 m$ c( W/ Y% |9 O; H, i2 ?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. ' f5 Y A Y' j- ~/ ]% y2 k8 ~
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+ S! y9 }4 }/ W; y+ b; b"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. 5 F4 t: Q8 b8 M+ w) t
" b; w, f8 ^/ C) G% d- Y$ ~"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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