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- T( t& W) ~* R1 Z k |% B8 Qthank you for the news, 5 v# z/ E0 W! s" W1 e
i have some news from toronto too...
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- F4 [/ U, _/ p9 p3 b Y9 p5 ntoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
# n4 I- x. C, x0 M+ z1 }these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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; n4 v% K* T5 _8 M8 U' P4 y, a/ _+ ]southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado, ^: _- r# r: K3 O
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0 s0 w c: [3 d& c4 ~3 W; Hthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.9 Y. r* ]1 U/ E& p7 V: i6 N+ M8 n+ \
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6 ]0 O- n$ n4 rResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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5 c0 M' m. c9 WSat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET. t) g/ M! [ U* B$ P
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2 D8 K, o0 w( U' |/ G8 v, 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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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.! s4 x( }2 e% W/ W
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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.1 |4 ^( \" [" L6 i) Z; J8 v
5 W$ A( P# v% ?. L5 G7 e"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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! H$ Z+ k3 A8 Z# _5 J$ g. gA 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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# e- h7 P+ q. Z/ C% j. qElsewhere 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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, Y! G8 d/ X" T1 S$ N p/ X"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."% k: d$ F) R' J* V
* G4 Z. [7 M$ O& kOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.1 O0 d5 X! @# w; W. z! g
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.2 ?- F8 T; k- ]8 l$ V- Y; u3 Q
$ w; }. V, F$ X' `, D) n; K% G8 Y"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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0 ~1 ^0 Z; o& B$ ^& D0 t7 `7 gThey 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.
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"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.
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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.8 }- S' j; d2 I4 J# m. b
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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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- f' X# p( }7 F) O2 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. 8 N$ j) ~9 R: o8 I' c
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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. ) _/ c, ]+ C7 l B& S) S
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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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' s) {6 Z. l6 |+ i, g"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. * R, R8 G: F6 M D3 ^9 u( J
7 k( G* G7 n0 t; U+ 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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