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thank you for the news,
0 R- c# `1 T/ 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!!!.6 L0 U( o/ k4 v1 o" ?# F- \
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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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.% m0 j& l1 }) y# Z
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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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0 |$ |& W+ Z) Y$ k; S$ Z' R/ HTORONTO (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.8 ^- ^ m* \; o' c
3 r! b6 H) ^0 R' V3 c2 k% }, qThe 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.
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! X! G9 P$ ` f1 Q/ j"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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6 e& ]! B! @$ l3 dA 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 m# q9 d7 {" p6 T! p" k
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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.; w) E! K6 P% o: R% t
; H* [( |( T1 N' v"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."9 `9 w2 Y" V; p& c
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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.: T c1 q3 k* M& x1 S8 p$ M
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.4 ~* P( q- ?8 Y' i9 K
- H( B/ Y' Y( L. s"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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\# Y* Y7 ]/ ]$ ]# bFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window./ f2 ^; L& _. x9 q5 J$ w
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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.* ^( ?/ r- m4 F5 ^0 T2 l
- ~0 Q- }! A! y, ^ a& n0 y% z& J"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.; r3 w2 I* h2 T9 E% \! e/ F; @
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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.. K+ D) s7 X, b5 ^9 o8 n9 `
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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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3 `( r/ J% l* ]"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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7 h* y7 R! S( q$ n9 ^! q, CDue 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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8 o5 k' C( ~8 {' U5 {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.
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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. 9 j: x$ [! X: w i7 y" Z5 D
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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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$ Z( E+ w# Y1 T# d3 n"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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