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* G) d4 c3 _+ U3 f; A/ j2 Fthank you for the news, ( n2 v& l$ d8 {9 Y1 J
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: m9 S7 D4 _" w: A r
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.+ @- v6 U6 B# K. |. }& I
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado. ]( G) N6 z, I$ u2 E( W
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1 {2 t7 c+ I$ \9 t$ Pthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 ~: |$ }( _7 ]
by: PAUL CHOI 0 u4 X3 O3 A! g4 h& }0 a& s
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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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.
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( {* ]. ^+ ]& \, p3 r# c2 ~) iThe 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.: N2 H# o& Z- E9 ~+ f; f$ S
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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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C2 ]3 R: ]4 i4 Y( \8 c- R; G1 H"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.". Z% [4 Q$ a J. d B( e& z
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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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"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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9 K e; b/ m, f& H/ ?, LOn 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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' ?$ ^$ m- G( ` ]4 GAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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.: s9 [! U$ e, E0 Y; O+ b% H
' E8 b& L: v% p+ O4 h- M f' A! QThey 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.* ]. i; j/ K; Y
% S* |% C+ d: w. o8 J v0 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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, P. X- I- k- c7 sOfficials 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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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.# k- m" D: H v' b7 K
) z1 Y8 `- Q0 s$ A/ TCoulson 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.9 x* p' t1 ?. a5 z9 q5 q1 L
! \+ }/ o" _# v"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.
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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.
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! Z) E8 ?+ D( w5 R* D8 CDuring 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.
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; a, t& C& |/ H( U; T/ Z4 B"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 G- ^! C* h! [) i# M" d( J! n
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