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: C6 o/ g& m" m% Sthank you for the news,
9 X \/ G( N' o0 yi have some news from toronto too...9 X4 H4 e4 ?% D: j3 J/ S
3 T/ L( N: p& l8 ~toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
: c4 g7 g9 z1 |, K$ [- X/ Cthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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( ]4 c6 A6 U' [" ~southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado/ b4 x: _- m; O+ @3 l" Z( c
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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
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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.7 X* a& ?- b' J# }# D
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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.. M- I: w( `5 m& Q
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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.; o' v6 T+ B" e' c+ O( n- P4 p8 w
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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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, o9 u& H0 n; u7 Z0 w1 SA 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.5 E6 r* |/ K, ?4 k8 S
$ ]5 i! A+ C5 H$ Y, W. R& i0 ]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.$ H" ?; B& p( x3 @3 |& F& g
+ ]5 n6 p; e, _" q5 U. W, w* V. O"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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" ~! |0 ?3 T6 h! v# m) V' {- Q4 bOn 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.# b1 o# g+ Q d
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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."( o$ n- e) _" Q9 _% \; G
% P$ l y, i7 L+ E1 gFergus 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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, `8 x% b, ~; ]- f* s: {* v"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.. J# @5 ^) G) W6 \$ q
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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.
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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.# [. G( ^* |1 g. x
N8 G# ]' F5 a9 aDue 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. & \2 U2 X5 M6 O* Y3 u4 r ?
4 q J* X7 o0 b, F8 f1 tThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. / G7 t3 f1 Y& V+ f
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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. ; ^$ g# H% n) z/ ? G
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ( z9 d& }# c3 n% B0 [
/ Y/ J+ {. H, E& N1 t$ J+ Y"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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"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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