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thank you for the news, / c% \0 y8 l! Q7 @
i have some news from toronto too...2 q$ L" u' }3 U0 ]
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!., S9 K6 ^* j, v3 b* `7 V
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday. t$ V; ]9 G8 A
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3 k1 l- V+ i# H% h6 B! dsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado1 i( \* ?/ {, S! i( B% C" t
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7 y2 m/ l" ]# i% n9 pthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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( M# D+ u+ z MResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 X" b4 i6 T4 U6 R; Q2 r
by: PAUL CHOI I1 v" g+ H$ Q) u, d, l
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET
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+ Z: @" C8 C' ~4 y$ h/ U6 M( dTORONTO (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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- P2 z2 S4 m; c% c. s0 y; n. C$ xThe 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/ G7 z" s2 p& L# }* F' X
3 b7 Z) p% E4 A4 q8 u+ jIt 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., ]$ H2 ~. _0 P; X8 k% u
7 j! l% r2 p0 Z7 ]1 W. e( l: g0 R"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."- \- S6 l6 U0 `$ ]* S* a2 D
* B" M) p" ?+ @" ~$ W" JA 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.4 U, D( E4 {! k6 V
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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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* g/ L a& B$ M& _( ^ |"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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+ M) D! E$ j( Q, B/ z( tOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.) \/ I+ o3 @+ G5 h* v( }/ {5 [4 Z
5 R, k& o4 u2 F8 B% y f5 lAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.+ q9 l( {, j2 ]$ C" v* X2 W m
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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."+ S o3 }( h+ W7 a
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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.) |3 W& ^9 c# w+ O' K! Y( U
) e' ~9 |% R! o( z' k, L$ dThey 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.& M" j, Y+ H: l
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"" b! _. r& x( Z4 s q- |) a. f
7 O6 x) j$ g" V1 WOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.$ a! s) q0 z/ ~2 }" k' ]" s" ~
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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.; ^6 {2 L( e' \- {5 \
4 ^$ \* ^! w. Y# c( H"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. t# N& ]! U" ]
L* N9 \0 m- N# ] s7 @The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. * k8 D- p7 }+ U/ p
# T, Q) i0 x9 T 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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% I: R! ]/ {1 H: Q/ _7 b0 jDuring 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. 2 Q, d8 @; d0 L7 ~ e3 c
( o3 v O, J2 L8 v% F G1 N mBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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- A8 M. \, R( H$ p"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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"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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