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thank you for the news, ? h& ?( f( e
i have some news from toronto too...4 w6 Y; v3 i/ o3 A) g; Q2 n
7 q* {3 P5 b; k( d* K" ^3 g( htoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
8 [% J' c6 W& ?& U9 _2 T) bthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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- c9 h* S& b3 R" L) Fsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado4 z7 r: }$ i7 o
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.* I! Q2 @1 F- O* M) u3 w1 \% m9 \
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 3 k* p0 [/ C6 C; U* M. P0 A
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Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET( X" [6 G+ M7 b( z9 n
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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.3 |. S+ W8 C9 Q! D* H7 C' ^& _
: M. j4 @+ N6 R) j* [. nThe 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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. W$ ^/ `& Z8 ?) c' O) r) DIt 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."- |$ o1 T7 T% r( O* ]
8 y. @. l! T5 S# ?( C4 v p! sA 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.7 t! C0 c b# x N1 a5 k x
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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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' T7 I' x+ S% WOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.$ `5 w% C P) y7 Z1 ]" }# A) l4 [
5 w% f, d( t, f. }9 hAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- R( k. }+ F M# k1 B0 h; H
/ w; K! B/ g9 n% {' X/ T"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."6 ~ B: ~% p; i0 L
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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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8 G: z; I, f- S) V1 `( x% M E% q6 }"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"0 ^1 u' b% W+ k! G
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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.
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, D2 R0 |7 y. y6 G1 `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.
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, f$ I% y) i4 c' }. qCoulson 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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. q# [8 O% z* ^: u( A- C"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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The 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. # j4 x, y n: `- J* L o6 v
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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. 3 N2 z# k3 ]9 T+ B j, l4 f# W
/ y$ a4 p: ]' EBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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f2 T) M) h2 u* \; B"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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$ ^9 {1 \8 F' z i& p"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.# w0 {7 q% y3 h7 x
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