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' \( `. _/ \/ \7 Pthank you for the news, , T$ J* [+ u- v% T& i* L R
i have some news from toronto too...3 }- S8 G( t: k6 l# b. K
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.8 v5 }; A9 B( A
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- q5 `: C' ]3 F1 r1 @0 Mthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( O) M9 u+ _8 c/ D. @- \
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 7 `& d$ ~) C/ f
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET2 \/ @/ V b- s, q* U5 [/ f/ L
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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.& R' F2 C6 Y! {# q
, |/ i( F$ t# y) DThe 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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( L! g8 _: I0 s1 VIt 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 L: j4 m: u7 M: G1 }
, S" D& l. `+ o7 Q8 a3 |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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1 t! C3 n, `, H6 S: bElsewhere 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., H' y; t1 I" i* I. c; Z
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"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.- y! t7 |% E! h2 r
; ]7 S4 n* x+ W/ nAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.! U1 q! d& g7 F8 K& J* k! M
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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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+ l6 I$ A& w tFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.8 g4 O+ u$ e! R+ }9 i
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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.* g: u; K M. v, _; y# g, C
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?": L Z7 ^4 O& y' d5 {) ?* ]
1 z# |$ g2 G2 S% ^+ r7 N! [Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.8 }& B- ^- ?, v) C. U" X
$ t' L& P; d; g& s' ?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.9 ~$ M) }8 I1 A$ w8 i: r( V0 ^* j2 w
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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.$ z7 X! v4 M; ?" ?0 @
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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. . W, [5 J) g4 g, W1 h
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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5 E: s; B, x1 h; |; @) TMeanwhile 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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/ L# o) ^- U$ SDuring 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. 9 k+ B R2 K5 R- q7 r: I
5 ^* T/ q1 u, P7 B) x5 T7 ]But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. & e+ C, Y4 X7 n
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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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2 e" |. s# Y4 R- _0 c"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.$ R ]9 _/ R8 W
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