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, W, | G5 Z2 N' ~# Dthank you for the news,
/ i2 T$ Q* @ s- }( P: p* @6 Ui have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!./ u7 z$ H( }( a; y* j
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado7 C9 n( q% c6 }" M
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage./ t- }$ N* o3 O! w4 x6 w& ]3 Z! h
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0 x5 |' e0 a0 j& L2 pResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 5 c) ~( ]' G' p8 {: A* u
by: PAUL CHOI ! B# P6 r% G$ I0 }$ b5 v' ~
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: u$ {3 o3 n$ }4 g. F$ aTORONTO (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.6 l) i" U( u' Z5 ]. v' c
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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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% Q/ k5 E7 W( K; ~7 ]* y"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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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.
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( a2 m! D) G+ N( Y+ 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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6 W1 c# M5 o; e9 U0 [6 iOn 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.
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6 Z- i/ g' `' U+ m& h4 S, K"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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% K$ w; `4 R( X. VThey 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.% \. O0 F' d2 V4 h5 Y9 P% g
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"' ~% B6 N1 U" H; `
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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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; p: A# [* S. Z/ ?& U: V* eAided 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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) m& D- `4 g, h- e0 m+ C/ EDue 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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$ Y9 ?) a6 D3 rMeanwhile 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. . {* y! {! d9 }/ X8 z# H' Z
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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. + f o% C% m" f" h
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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. + g) b8 f( W s% L2 I; a3 `
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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.
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