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& Q. R3 I% _* C( _0 gthank you for the news,
6 v7 z+ c2 d( f$ r& _1 Ki have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
G$ G* F! u) p( c0 N+ T. f6 vthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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# C* j' q- ^3 Y2 a L9 W* Z6 N$ Psouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado7 T* S9 S. U3 G$ m+ x% l
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* j, f$ z, ]# J. @: athe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( F W& H& R/ j2 R$ y
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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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9 @+ h, d5 ]5 g0 lTORONTO (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.9 l4 }3 h4 r% @- M1 K1 U4 X
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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.& t8 k1 q L: ?
) M# c4 M- z& s- D. x"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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% N0 n) `' q5 h% P- u6 K( e4 fA 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.' T! D3 B, j: X2 t
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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.! b! h0 K$ S5 }5 x$ p+ P' h
. t( B, Z. m7 u8 `' a; Q"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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On 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.
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"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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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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) B) A! r% @. S"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" F6 L0 g: m0 [- Q
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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. m3 T r, j0 ^# t% x5 H
6 V2 k/ D/ |: K% WAided 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.( ~7 m Q% O3 m4 Y* Z
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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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/ O$ n9 Q1 {& CThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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* H/ u/ V, |& ?' H5 aMeanwhile 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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"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. 7 a8 m9 v9 O5 y- o
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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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