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thank you for the news, * @( J/ f0 \7 k
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!!!. U- a1 G* q9 L1 J
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.* t! f1 d; u8 \7 A/ u. d+ U
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5 H0 D- K3 y; Ysouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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+ |: O4 Y. b+ v" p0 Nthe 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
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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.: h+ ^, ~8 h/ d9 K
1 b9 G M e9 i, 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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) c( |( \" ~) I4 t: y( C9 rIt 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 B8 r _; `; P+ B2 Y
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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."* u+ K- v/ T, R; D( r
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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.
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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.4 t2 ?7 W* @. B! x, `$ M! i! v6 ^
6 @6 B$ I5 m9 F"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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1 Z5 o' _7 a6 X i* d0 E _! _On 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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( U4 o9 n# D9 F1 p( |: z& QAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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."/ ` X$ M. q0 H! f
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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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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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% U% Z9 T' |# A7 x"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"4 k5 N7 _* ~& I6 U& x B* m }
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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.
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8 Z, O7 y. G+ L# J$ E7 h0 aAided 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.
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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.
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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. & k8 o6 C5 E" {- o1 x
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. % h. l O! _4 e: b6 r/ R+ h. |
. C g; U' y2 c: L7 p5 eMeanwhile 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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0 S* K8 B- V! W1 L% I' s$ oDuring 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- Q8 U9 g: ~, ["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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8 o, [1 |0 l. S# k% m5 Q"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.9 s p k+ ~5 J. Y
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