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& `# I$ {* F+ x Y, \ l( Hthank you for the news, 8 }- Y" f! h; G
i have some news from toronto too...4 {$ m f7 [, [2 c. ~) h
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
! G" @# f6 o9 |- Rthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday./ G5 J; N f( V2 u, I# P+ `7 H
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) ? c7 S% v# Isouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.0 j- k) x: e, P' J4 P1 r
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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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/ K% i1 N1 @3 r( B6 oTORONTO (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.
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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." O+ n: g7 W7 ]: L) Q% ?! Y3 j5 P
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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."; J- a: A) m0 \3 Q' h1 J4 U
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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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+ z6 n% c _# JElsewhere 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.5 c2 C1 P: ]. t7 t3 A# l
. I& h0 l$ W$ d8 i1 N"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."' g. ?1 ^% D7 b4 A
% ]- y+ q' |# \: o9 wOn 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.2 _" j2 C [. B; `1 h# P
" d' B( o/ _1 S1 b2 D7 z6 m9 ?"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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# v+ g0 ]/ l' g/ ^9 gFergus 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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# X8 f/ ?/ u# t+ s9 v# W4 ~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.& \: K/ ~5 b, @* _. @2 w( J" t5 h
; _# Y& `. G+ _/ z* }) k7 l"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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) D" D4 G* E a) POfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.! A. U. X+ F- |% o) Q9 W
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Aided 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.3 ~% r, R; A0 N
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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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9 I! v9 c3 x4 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.- r8 ^' ^0 [3 u6 n' O
' x" t) k, F: R3 B3 P0 K# Y( H" MDue 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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- @: u5 g& @% t) a# Y/ xThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. ( o8 l4 G3 R" Z2 r+ N
6 U/ K0 t4 q2 Y0 KDuring 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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" K" H1 g4 I+ W2 e3 X# ^6 X"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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2 o! H2 v+ L2 J( |/ `+ B"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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