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thank you for the news, . S x: g& t- U! j. R9 G
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!!!.- W0 B5 Z. N2 o
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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: X& j3 y7 g; h& Bsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado1 _' g5 |) n7 s% a$ I) N2 c- u
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0 B- \* `* e0 b. P9 N* Dthe 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.
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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." j, l: r5 @0 Q0 {4 ]
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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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& |1 C& J0 O0 w5 w2 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.% P. B @/ R- C% `. Y2 `- B0 _' w
. f. s9 [/ k) o3 u4 M" xElsewhere 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.. I* @, Y9 U: U6 y# r1 F8 `
& s/ `2 x z9 Z6 @( m9 ?% b"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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5 t4 n. l: I! w( B8 HAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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! q. A( Y2 H5 D3 c2 y' d"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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. L$ o$ `1 ]4 ?1 ?2 |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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"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.1 H; o& w6 Q! O2 m {2 Q! p
& b2 O6 q5 V8 w6 c$ dAided 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. c- e4 W' r& t$ A) G b
% K/ `7 r8 u. v: `7 A, L! q6 kThe 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. " Y1 Y" c$ ~1 ~
8 D8 I* s! ]( v7 RDuring 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. , P9 w: I9 }# a2 |
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) f4 C: s b+ G& n. `8 C, }"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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