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8 x0 m8 i. S$ z( ?; y, O1 y" x- Xthank you for the news,
' \: ^0 ]8 ~& W* J& {0 i1 K& Li have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: ~% D/ l6 G8 \; T3 n; G
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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0 U' [7 y0 @" S' _9 r& T, o/ U' gthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.$ Y& P6 d1 G/ f8 h
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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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* i( W) K; X) D" yThe 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.8 y4 n* G0 t3 Q) Z& Y3 C
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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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6 h3 b5 G; _0 \1 \"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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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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"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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\; S1 w# k( U- u& ^+ ?Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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( Q8 r, B# ~. h* |/ b"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.* D5 {1 b% N% j
# |$ P; k" B/ Q/ P2 tThey 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.$ _- q1 j: }+ C/ j% y; c6 K% _4 k
2 t' M% u& {1 y8 u3 i"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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: K; A: @/ {1 w# E' qOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.% V) a, a/ _* ?- n
2 U5 H9 p8 R9 F* u% zAided 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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"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. # Z6 x$ W j( b0 q% O; s
4 F, Y0 \% X, i" G, U3 S6 BThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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3 j, F' B K# B- f0 CMeanwhile 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. 0 R) ]1 w; D1 e, v- J8 t+ S
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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$ g# E6 m1 M* T2 }* K7 v0 r"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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$ k8 R, F: K2 O# s) c' D4 D( e D/ V"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.* \* e3 g: }/ |
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