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thank you for the news, 5 `9 m/ u: X! k: c
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!!!.$ O6 A* [7 M0 p8 R5 w
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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/ `6 p" ]3 p5 U$ Tsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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) P, n0 ?6 M6 K) E* Q, D+ E: XResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado + c, ~0 @* J' d" G
by: PAUL CHOI
3 R" [, S7 d) b0 X8 |. eSat 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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|2 J; ]. T$ [( N8 gThe 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.8 B6 P8 F9 e5 |
2 K* _1 W2 `* G8 c7 Q$ lIt 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.- z3 r* ^8 j7 c5 k) M0 @
. G8 j! t/ L2 s$ `+ A7 U% 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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1 L2 p. ?% m- W: wA 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.6 U' x! b- x9 X# y t; h: V8 D! n
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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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' p, N5 q8 i& H, M1 ~"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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+ i$ i- r7 |! C* HOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.4 _: R% |; b+ x0 v& s* d
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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" q! v2 |9 d: z4 z( ?3 }"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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- \& J, F* ]6 `! O: M6 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?"0 ]9 H6 R. a$ k: _) L" _' h5 b! p' W
9 Y' Z" Q8 \0 u* POfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.1 G$ w" N. l( p8 c1 u2 k
. l% c# Q2 f' K7 J: s, GAided 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.# d1 _& z7 w( \ d" z0 L
& {: s# f7 _4 T1 ]; wCoulson 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./ O \/ N- W5 s; G- }5 ]1 {4 T
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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. . `2 P- i5 x. i0 ^1 L! d4 x$ ^
! d8 g5 y4 h5 |2 `6 DThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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' V* C( {0 g0 XMeanwhile 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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4 M5 ^" c7 y' f' Y7 S, PBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. : S R2 J3 H' b6 Z
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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. * Q0 a; @; f3 l p% w" K. V! v M
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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./ u* _. A: _! |) Y4 C
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