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2 n k. D5 ~5 Nthank you for the news, 7 X3 w: T S: Q( d
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
' R# M# d+ m' M4 X9 ?! e$ bthese 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.8 b+ m9 y' V/ ]/ F* Q4 R
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5 K/ R; j" R9 ]6 d' tResidents 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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. X6 W ?& I* P- j1 ZTORONTO (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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9 S1 b/ w/ R. VThe 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.1 P' X8 y V1 h
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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."
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i3 R: Q5 v' a, Q' UA 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.$ ]/ P8 ~! w, D4 i! ?' g4 {
0 Z, J3 N- h# ^# S/ H6 R6 NElsewhere 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% ~7 l( t4 f9 n) f. J
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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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2 H' S" h0 G# ~% r8 q/ ^On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.* t7 p0 S- a9 g5 I6 D! l; h( [
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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b% W7 a1 N, m6 s& ?! J( V"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.
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: i4 k, x6 e! r2 W6 `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?"1 c; m6 |! C- ?- J& p4 h
8 r6 c2 j% Y0 VOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. ^3 R! X x% {- Z4 ]) L
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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.& y& Q2 a$ L3 X' Z: u
/ D. g8 o& Y, p$ 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.$ y [4 z% U' j" \6 ^2 l" L* w1 q+ R
+ I0 n1 s! k3 t7 W) Q p"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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& g# L7 @% Z2 v! `; s7 ]( B/ QDue 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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, [2 \) R5 g- ?5 f. ]The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 2 J* I! g8 ^! J' N- \8 Q5 B/ G
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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. , |( v; K, | x$ r W/ 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.
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! \: C4 J7 y1 j8 vBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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. ! G5 ]) J" B* }* ?8 ]; p8 \. b
; ?% f' w* a' O. U4 {. H- F"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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