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# H# F' j( \2 m# s( E' p, ~" {3 athank you for the news,
( C4 J$ ]% u+ ]8 q: n+ F' mi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
- c! Y3 L0 x8 W/ y2 C2 G7 S) Gthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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: K: v, b7 E6 O* _southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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9 v1 V I) j9 Q8 C+ v1 {+ b2 q2 h) ]the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.1 F) K. D: a! v0 V0 J$ f
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( E6 N$ V0 ?: j# n) ^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.1 X+ {' n1 n5 S# L& K9 R* J- m
& o1 r- s9 H: g+ R, j/ ~$ \% RThe 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.* f& i0 G3 _( P0 e, Z& V
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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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5 ]' r- Y2 Q1 \' t"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+ ^( J2 b( l$ K( `4 G' C"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."" m; w4 {5 x6 Q* F) H! F
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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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8 j% D* _" G' s- @" n8 ]1 E6 |Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.8 _- d1 R" V( w* n" p
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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."+ t# } f8 R2 v0 _
0 m; S3 m0 D, x# \* I6 o+ ~; _, z3 QFergus 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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0 T0 f/ S" s, o" w6 d4 ~) ?2 J2 k9 jThey 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. ]# V: ^ x( N
& ^1 u, r) ^8 C+ F. O"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"& B* \/ |# y! G( e
v, O- Y6 ^# ]- z( J6 e7 JOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.! p; |- V8 n0 n' K$ @9 q7 n% 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.
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8 c( Z8 m5 `! ACoulson 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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2 j: Y. I( m% p; N"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.( h' J5 \' R1 t7 N# T# Z8 ~
9 ?* d9 k$ Z* `( e4 TDue 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. 6 f: s. P- [" P {
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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. * N. D+ J/ l* {
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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. & W" b3 K0 Z: t* T1 \$ D
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5 v! Z+ h2 ]$ u. C8 y"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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% b5 R$ R, X/ v1 X7 [1 x"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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