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thank you for the news,
; E1 `/ U) ?2 ti have some news from toronto too...4 j& j2 O" h" _/ h
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
0 D8 F9 X; {' ?1 G7 Q; Cthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday./ K' o( N& F5 i2 E0 O
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/ |4 h2 A( i9 ^6 Lsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado. B9 s& d- F$ f8 C' S0 e
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 3 j- J: `" k K
by: PAUL CHOI . y6 u( Z1 w2 o4 D2 q+ w
Sat Aug 20, 3:47 PM ET1 F3 f# x- m; X G2 ?9 Y
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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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The 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.! q8 d [2 b, i7 r i* F
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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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' K) U' n. r' F% c$ E5 l1 @( X2 n"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." H: u T; z5 Z4 S- V1 e8 [
( |4 Z+ {8 S+ Y& U6 L$ BA 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.8 g" r$ k/ ?. O; N/ W/ @, c: q
, V0 `; h( w/ k5 tElsewhere 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.+ c) B7 W7 ^, @: P
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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."+ R/ r) e3 r2 o" [
( @, W1 X$ \2 M! x" x. VOn 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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.% R: F" o" v* h. ] l8 L z
r0 s) x6 H* U! Q2 o5 r! h; m"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."" p$ V: P( t' A
" S; f6 a, \, |' b% e1 w1 VFergus 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 Y* Z, V4 g: ^2 P9 d, q
0 ~9 F% o! p- p0 i1 OThey 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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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4 u6 c" P; R& C; Q2 A: {9 p: O7 B EOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.3 }2 |0 T; m, x: P) T1 G
3 b, [+ ~9 M! F1 s4 ^; |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* O1 C. H- m4 W6 ^. y
) ?: Z' D4 a0 Z+ E" RCoulson 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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4 O2 Y8 [4 ]4 G5 K/ a i"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.* ]( U- B. y3 v
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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. 1 p, v3 d/ |" O3 Z+ _
" y: x: ^6 y5 x c& l, gThe 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. ( A2 K( U) M# v8 F3 p$ u0 o }5 y+ k
9 j0 _: k% v2 H: ?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. 2 ~+ S9 W8 L4 D h8 w
2 V$ j( `; i0 j; M/ tBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. " I6 p( r. e5 E' G) 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. * ?) `+ {, a! y
# Z% k: w0 V; W# N% 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.( |2 {/ h/ d M6 y3 r
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