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thank you for the news, 5 P/ f2 v5 V! Z: F" N; @
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!!!.
" Z" e! J' W1 q6 s s% w& Rthese 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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8 {7 y# F. Q- L" Ythe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.& w) h7 X5 W/ B5 g0 n1 j
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 9 m1 @. c5 Y2 y3 a
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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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- C6 [4 k5 r& KThe 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.9 M) J1 g3 c: {4 J
! a. u& M$ b8 SIt 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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; z3 z9 z% v5 W4 `& _"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 w# d' x" N; }( H; Q: C
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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.& M. ]2 j1 _* Z3 W
" l# s+ N, ^0 i3 p6 V* N. c"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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# A! M$ D% |4 t2 X$ k. yOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.# N$ [7 B0 {7 P5 {5 u; p
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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4 D4 `" g# t. `, i; X& R"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.") o/ W+ i: F$ m& Z& ^) K9 }1 n) ]
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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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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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+ o2 \. b! g+ z0 X# B"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"' @9 A% J4 i% s$ g) [6 N' w$ P r
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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.) Q4 n1 M( |( P4 E( h! S4 p
& C7 i. Y' s/ C9 \/ N- QAided 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./ Q0 ?/ @7 D C) \
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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.
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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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+ I% p6 V9 ?6 S! T8 t1 rThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. + n. d4 v+ Z( D1 {
8 x2 g* X/ Q8 [! bMeanwhile 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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6 n1 z" R3 P2 s' SDuring 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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9 c# j6 b0 ]- ?+ d7 N! j" fBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. # R; H) I( c/ T- }" R% ]
& x/ C- } t: g. 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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"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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