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thank you for the news, : u0 U; z- z( E$ x, L( D x
i have some news from toronto too...( K, {$ Z1 `0 m
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
- ]+ ?7 ~" [4 \3 |these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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- f, a4 s0 u7 \" z& Bsouthwestern 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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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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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$ \, N& I: j$ z G1 V8 ]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.# l- ^5 ^" m& L3 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.
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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."5 y* V$ L* u' I
2 I3 Z) w+ D4 _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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# \) S) Z3 {0 F) T; {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& c. L7 b* v"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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7 z2 Q3 ?4 L4 {. G9 j7 eOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ T8 E8 e0 {% ^! s
# b9 `8 [& K2 n$ ["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.": ^: R# K) R7 ?% s6 R
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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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" v! j- p% G/ J/ X"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?": G2 G ~- u1 l5 k, o4 v
% `3 t+ b. O( U; g: I3 u+ i7 F! V8 POfficials 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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5 I q1 I, l: Y; T, D1 K2 nAided 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.
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6 I1 e- g# j! ]1 @1 ]/ t: f"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.! ?2 P" R+ k/ b6 O4 F5 ^; }; s }
( F( S4 O$ n" T" l. b/ R4 \+ _- V* a QDue 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 g0 h% M$ v1 {) N2 E4 d O+ l
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 0 L8 a6 C4 C$ Y+ V( f) B! x
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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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1 z1 p; R `, H" e/ JBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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. 2 u0 X& ]1 G7 V1 n* J* p3 @, s! l# V
8 B' C }9 ~3 ~$ o* Z% ?: W"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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