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thank you for the news, : \& o9 S0 S# _; M& S
i have some news from toronto too...' a. D$ t% q" u2 l) q5 u: U0 X
+ u: a- t/ x3 F4 I! e9 Ttoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
! p! U8 H9 G. p# ^9 kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.& T2 d8 e+ T7 S/ W
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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.+ c- }6 f! Z/ c0 d, x1 S
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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.
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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.
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; l. H4 I& I/ J1 i* f% r9 fIt 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.+ Y0 O, k# |, X* t; g4 C
* Y! Q/ {1 H7 E& G, U" H5 m"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."( ~$ { K% c3 D2 ]4 p
5 b3 a% _$ D5 `4 [0 b wA 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.1 R4 G' b% |) m2 B1 }
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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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" O$ f% V: `+ J9 \- a# f5 h"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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! Z O2 l6 M9 P) j! _On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.- f' ^% k5 K6 f" ^8 _
s3 p$ h% R' K$ ?* c; a' WAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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, O: ~5 {! ~! }, y3 T"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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3 o8 Y. P. M4 `. a3 qFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.1 _1 \, d K9 s' U& k
$ D7 ^7 b* S4 M: wThey 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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* i* T! u2 Z! Z"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"2 }/ @% T2 R2 M5 t2 P* O$ c
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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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5 I+ \; H1 a2 s& n- h. VAided 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.8 w. D* g2 r$ B6 e* S: ]/ i
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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.; [. L/ M$ @$ Q' _2 a1 f& @
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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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) s. L" {5 Y9 W1 O W7 ?' 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. 7 Y! T) A( y6 c
0 @3 [3 t9 C. u! sThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 9 D6 e$ V6 ~. h" x6 _. N
2 R3 \ J6 A5 k3 f( g# q$ e/ vMeanwhile 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. 6 b& [2 { L5 M/ _2 v1 Y( R
( Q& `6 i8 H- F8 Q' Z4 f/ mDuring 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. ; D6 I/ Y1 [+ q4 ^
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But 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. - l* d, o. E, ^6 {; ?1 f
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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.2 c+ e* i# ]5 y G5 D
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