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' @. d3 I2 A9 y; Q- t+ Ithank you for the news, * Q9 }1 q P# B( D. L5 Q, P+ s# G+ o# ]
i have some news from toronto too...
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# Y$ I F s; p3 D( p+ w0 U1 k* Mtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
" }, A! G. u v* Y$ qthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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8 z7 K5 W9 _6 F+ ]1 V- Q1 k R1 A Zsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado& z+ B6 v; x( D
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.$ O) F/ k0 x9 ] Z# Z
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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5 C) n% L$ i8 oSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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0 e4 R/ u" t+ a8 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.
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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., ]& U0 H+ O0 H/ s h6 M7 \/ m
+ Q: \+ c( h# w% |; y3 L I! b"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.
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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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* |0 ]- D) _) K, s' Q* V" Z9 h"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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+ j! h) [0 m6 i& }1 POn 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.3 K8 G6 D1 g# [2 }) s; O
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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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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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; F6 Y; w7 I# a- W. M8 F* @8 a. nThey 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.3 _% _; R8 G; I% S% x# c- @) q
* }4 P$ X0 |+ s"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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. g+ X' h3 f5 U0 ~; Q! qOfficials 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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; q: M/ Y& }% d2 jAided 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.
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; T, X- o" v# F& l; A"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.) i8 w% l) U4 V9 N' y' ]: k
; i4 R2 w1 e* L9 U7 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. 5 g4 E; f% x& N
* N: g+ o( P( mThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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' A4 b0 ~4 b4 d) Z0 Q$ S3 i; o, {( DMeanwhile 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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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. 5 e% f7 c% Y$ d3 d0 f& Y
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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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