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thank you for the news, ' d: i& A6 ~" Y% `# t
i have some news from toronto too..., ~$ h. t9 V( l
! _$ B' c: v# Ltoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.& x0 V; w9 z4 ]( _, }( `! p
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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4 ~/ B/ K. t4 j+ Z1 tthe 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 & B1 {' ~. U R3 O& e8 q
by: PAUL CHOI
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7 r# ~" W, q1 w. D/ D1 n' PTORONTO (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.. k4 U) c4 v# b- f, t* X) G( x
. y3 J+ x: E# L- |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.7 \+ J) E# w# x, V* U" j
5 E7 _) f4 l- n5 d0 n; R y& h2 C"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., h) }( X, w0 d" v! ]$ R
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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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3 G! ^# U1 g* W8 c* J"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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# T% i8 H" l# d% p |On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.( t4 S3 [ x8 G) H! c, O2 s8 t; R
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.4 ~- }' A8 l% k# h
; {) O5 y f7 C3 H& 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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) f) X) o4 g$ K6 d9 G6 A1 WFergus 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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6 p; l6 V2 n/ S$ y4 V+ C/ O( RThey 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.- ^; @7 F1 b/ Z5 ?
i* f8 q' z, k: D0 c+ x3 F, ]"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". W) E, M- K, a. q
! b0 D8 b5 a" J: d: |0 ?$ WOfficials 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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% d$ g2 _( K) g. P6 _! o0 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.' J* {% q% g+ W& q
/ W3 y, |6 e) ]' f2 H; N) RCoulson 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.1 B% ~3 U; L- Q% d- c" N( |
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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. & {" B3 O! Y( ~: O6 L
( J O0 r+ n! ?+ G& D5 |7 m1 i8 UThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 3 G# j5 I' q! y* s
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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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, p# Z* }- A4 @4 M"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.% `. F {& T2 Y( w* H+ @
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