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+ n/ d2 g" @0 z, uthank you for the news, ( Y# H$ ?! q" G
i have some news from toronto too...' z1 u" k) n2 B
4 {- r& @: J! w5 R: ?' d2 rtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.' e U5 t/ |5 ]9 o
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.) q, P" g; \* _9 G! w
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4 |# q+ w+ ]/ E! E" hsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado8 m7 _4 y# n' n* A! G# W& d
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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 . l1 J9 S. t: ?# B, N i
by: PAUL CHOI
; d2 D9 q% H- }+ HSat 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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* {( |4 T, _; z# l. zThe 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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9 K2 a" a; ]- w( qIt 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."/ ^% y' y# k6 U
% E9 J: N7 M- Z) PA 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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; |, w% m: H" O! `- P"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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+ K$ \- C& _# UOn 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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( h- Q' W$ x0 u. O. C6 ?/ }4 i4 j2 BAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ |: Q0 T9 V: K, f
* y4 i9 m3 N1 d0 @"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.6 K& t1 |/ n, u# \; f. B% s
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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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"3 W( y) ?7 ]! s3 Y% Q9 f$ b9 p
$ i6 o$ ^* K1 ]% D3 DOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.8 u# J! G3 Y b' l' {& Y
1 n1 I/ A7 R& _, Z& JAided 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., M$ {2 a( ^9 l7 h; k7 x$ q
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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.* y0 U0 B8 [! E4 }* h
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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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, ~# |& J1 x rThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. * O( C, k9 `1 U! A
- x/ ?3 K! y- q! l" [6 n, 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.
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, p( Q/ T/ x# _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.
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a. Y0 k- |+ M# r, L, W0 bBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. $ C' Q# i! p. W1 r( G. L
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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. / i* M f/ W+ w" _( K1 J! s$ I
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"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.: w& C2 C0 Z8 O4 C
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