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thank you for the news, $ p7 r; r0 q$ K% T+ I; b
i have some news from toronto too...
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; z6 w; ~- V# ktoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
$ U$ S1 E- Z u# ]these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.( u1 Z: M7 x2 J1 }9 I
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado. o- g% T* H6 x H4 x- {2 I
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+ ^4 ^0 m4 X0 _% J1 @the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.* a- ^4 O& ~) ~
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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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1 x3 e# |/ u# X! A) jThe 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.# [, M w( P! x. D
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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 S+ Q- P7 S" J( `, p: q. H
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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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D/ C7 ^7 v! a ~1 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."! w5 U9 O( R# h. q8 |
& K. ]1 [- N6 Z. O$ fOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.% u# f8 l# Z2 J; K- \
! B0 c6 ~+ y; O1 T5 VAmidst 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." \; ]- B7 W* q6 K* ~& C; ]! j
- \. P( r9 w8 a/ s3 ~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.3 Z9 z, F- `. D1 w. f7 u
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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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. m0 D% w7 p5 B" q b"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"& i& m/ W, S, Y. j2 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., D) L E4 D @8 W/ H
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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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"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.# U" s+ w/ F3 ]' Z/ r
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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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2 m9 ~2 `) i0 {The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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. q$ ^* |0 n- m! ^0 D3 LMeanwhile 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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: }0 S! ], |3 b6 g: D+ ZBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. _* |# {' L* p# d/ 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.
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: U; Y9 O) X7 e6 {"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.7 p; V% S7 O7 P2 C
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