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3 @4 f: }8 H) i$ n# [! a- N- Nthank you for the news, $ x; e3 {" H- ^ Y
i have some news from toronto too...
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% D, s3 ~) E9 ]/ D9 }toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
7 x) B& k+ O- P. v) a2 m2 Ithese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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' R1 s& b2 ?3 O3 P" t/ z+ q1 {8 Vthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.- @& `1 S7 |5 @* n2 Y, g
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 5 P# S) ^; q. s9 ^
by: PAUL CHOI * Q& d/ H% C8 o' Y( W3 q
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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" s2 k0 A( {$ ]+ zTORONTO (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. N; p- Q" P5 X4 ]7 _8 i
/ W! ]. O, R: zIt 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.4 \' |0 K$ P' H; e0 C4 ~
9 X0 I8 n* O( f" L& ]"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."$ U! B$ E0 d1 p7 J
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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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, C$ X; G* y) b7 S3 lElsewhere 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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"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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On 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.' o* z) i" x8 D1 _. L5 s
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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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+ T( N8 T0 s# c8 EThey 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.# V. }% ? f9 I' c O
8 T; i6 Y. I! m; y; @ j V! ~"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"% Z8 Q2 T) Z4 D, T2 K
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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.! k9 A" e0 Y; t" |% Z
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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.8 B4 a3 e2 `9 }3 }, U# V
( E/ H* K( A/ @2 K' B1 L2 x" _"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. ' o$ o$ p8 Z( }% P% ^( u
+ @; G' m/ b5 G: ?& V# gThe 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.
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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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$ P9 Y+ @' I6 BBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ) m4 M5 x) W$ z4 J( g# }
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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.
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. m7 _7 v+ x8 ]3 t( a"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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