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0 `; c3 {7 x- k& _8 ~) V( Cthank you for the news,
3 `' G' m- v1 |( o$ j& p% xi have some news from toronto too...3 J0 w% l+ I% o5 w+ T
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
: H+ B6 ~4 d: @- ythese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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5 A( n; {/ O4 i: ksouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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: w8 M% i* D9 @$ sResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 9 N5 I0 r3 S% N0 Z) h& t, |( J
by: PAUL CHOI
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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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. C! O% h8 I4 z& m" Y2 |6 Q$ fThe 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.9 ?! \: a. o/ {, v9 c. Q) E7 {
5 }+ a" C0 Z4 i3 p* I* C2 b- KIt 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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! X7 W0 g. B9 P& m3 U"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."1 o* m. F5 ?6 g, u' a: L
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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.8 D9 N2 h' y5 d- r# B- w$ Y2 ?
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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./ `5 [9 O% }- p" s
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"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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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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) q; B5 ~, ~" \, r5 N2 i, ZAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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( Y( i: d- K1 b# V4 c# z0 P"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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B) f# n" X3 ~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.# O# Q1 _! @' E8 z4 L0 F. a
5 j) @$ ^8 U$ | g+ P3 O1 lThey 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.( b; x. e7 L3 I$ X$ ?: P& V" `# P
5 C- x& _: j& {1 Y, E. R"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?": W& ^5 n& l3 s- i
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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.8 y* v6 M! I- ?0 @
/ ?8 c: `* M# @$ x1 Y, k* 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.5 s0 j1 N/ A( D; [2 L
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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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1 _/ g% n# [9 a' [% k; r"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.# r d" u3 B4 f& n* m8 Y
/ A5 w+ p) s+ @3 E! G) ?0 n) C9 ZDue 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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The 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.
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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.
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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. 6 @- A/ Y+ O# B* O
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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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