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thank you for the news, 0 o0 D6 C0 F' F! h& Z. L9 c" g$ M
i have some news from toronto too...
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0 |6 r" `; w$ Ftoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.- Q& O, }" _+ e& T1 n
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday., H7 Z; g& K: X* e+ \, x; R
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% V0 u* K) A x( a, csouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado% {4 O6 I% A8 X. }$ `0 b3 u3 d
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.- s; e" ?3 M/ u" h/ _
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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. Y) t" j8 x: Y) Z0 g" A2 g$ J6 @. `( eTORONTO (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.9 y; n; b: I+ o. t' d( T: o/ K* d# \) y
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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.0 I4 e) X, f) ?
9 I; Y9 u8 {: K8 uIt 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."$ g$ X0 ?5 I7 P9 [" N/ @, o7 u
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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.& `- j6 w2 P+ E# \
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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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. N+ }" [! C3 f8 y( J% k7 y& i"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 P% ^9 f% ^% w# g6 l
3 N* K% s: u# [1 X/ i; HOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand." q6 f$ i$ D9 {
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.) Y6 }# r2 e0 b9 I* u$ k
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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."' b2 d ^) h: h8 }2 ^" W, t, q
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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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# H( b* y$ r+ S2 u" GThey 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.; M4 z4 X2 u5 C
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"( B5 c3 o: ~' O2 ]. x
* _; a2 V8 g( D7 P* w3 g" D4 JOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.# K* }4 @' L3 n ~
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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.9 w8 b3 z- R: p0 R5 g2 v% q
& a' Z0 S) Y0 ~3 pCoulson 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.: s0 w r* @+ p5 F
2 c4 n8 J) c. V* i! N3 U7 B) 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.: m+ t$ S+ x4 E2 k; _8 A( K
2 Z; Y1 T4 e/ 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. 1 O8 B% P1 s& G% j$ j
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 1 m/ _) X+ u$ A
) o, a0 i& H. G: T# a1 S8 IMeanwhile 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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7 @! y( I+ A1 }! X( S' Q, pDuring 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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+ |( W+ M) g- p# m9 @9 v& V6 Z! G; b/ gBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 0 ~: P# L: l" a
4 x( g* q4 l! X$ }"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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; C. P9 C' @9 x7 x+ s2 s"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." t4 B( I6 J5 t8 s
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