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' J' s# i, D. {# B- kthank you for the news,
7 q) L8 B$ H1 K0 P( S5 B* @! \i have some news from toronto too...
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3 T/ |( f' Q) `3 f, m( @ u8 L; Utoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
0 y( }/ ]2 i# p3 ?9 F% n7 Sthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.' M2 C9 v/ ]1 G; a n: j$ N) t
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2 ~ {- R( ~/ vsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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/ t# C; @9 z* z+ Tthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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8 J+ H# s' v- S2 \. S2 _9 x8 QResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET" \( ~; |6 ]) \" i, ^" w9 s
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8 b- i! w+ }, ?6 \9 H: KTORONTO (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., c5 M! d1 i8 C {: O: }
8 S( ^7 [$ ^% X! OThe 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.
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"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."0 }& H Q5 V% k A g
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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."5 F/ L+ S( I4 r3 o; F" {3 J
m8 A' c) @6 c. ]On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.* K0 u f* K) N7 |
3 C1 @9 Y5 ?/ S0 OAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.6 Z4 c& q3 u* ^
+ k% \5 @ q5 b* ]4 P) M"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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l, N- P3 y; S, FFergus 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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They 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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: s; p6 ?7 T0 e- G) p; ^"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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+ e4 Q2 Y$ |1 u' k2 J7 I1 Q0 yOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.8 V8 Q8 ^% {" H8 M- R3 u# s2 c3 c
' E j( F: H4 @ o, ^) q. PAided 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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! O' m7 F# x/ x4 x5 m( dCoulson 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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"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.3 B/ N5 P$ }- g2 ?
) @# A. n1 C# YDue 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. - J I2 s6 b3 A' h0 q
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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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/ `) a+ Q1 f( u" m"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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. }6 x$ X9 x5 O9 [8 x# V, ["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.* M- v9 `" u4 x5 ?' f
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