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6 r7 L% V7 S7 o( j" ~thank you for the news,
4 k3 Q2 r$ N) Mi have some news from toronto too.../ ?7 i3 J" p, H! ^; Y
9 D* s, ] a3 Ztoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
. M X9 {. m8 Y& R' t6 R+ hthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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; s E. i# O# u$ s8 |# Msouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado/ D' d. |+ b+ L+ U
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# Y6 m! i. f- m# Fthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.1 q9 J8 _- [& K* [$ q$ P: Z
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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2 B6 w3 A, y0 ?# r. I8 fTORONTO (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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E' N7 J! k: B( K' _/ q% ?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.8 f$ J; J& S* i* U' `
3 [! b+ Z8 Q/ TIt 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.- @5 ~- _! ]4 @- c
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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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F4 o, h7 T o+ `* S( H; TA 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.6 D% N% w5 [( r; M4 L
3 h& }: p9 g7 O5 y d EElsewhere 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.; ? G* t7 {0 ]$ ]4 F" N. I
0 f( n1 g3 X: Z2 j1 g. a"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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- L+ K, k9 r' a0 F* A. W' yOn 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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1 `' r! R/ [. oAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.% F4 ~5 `! p: {0 r8 o) H `- E
$ f, }3 l* ?. T" m1 S6 H"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.5 F) {6 p) o5 X R3 h& b! m9 H- a; X
( V2 l! y8 ^& Z' G1 x# ~+ i$ `3 S+ X$ bThey 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.; A: n. z5 T; w8 g
X+ e) J9 `2 c; N! T2 d/ I"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 B" O9 i$ d) l- E9 ^! P3 v: c
1 f4 J8 B0 a8 j6 ?9 \- ^0 ~8 D# @Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.' A9 R d ^1 @" i- e
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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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% X5 q: |0 P) S! p4 n1 \9 ZCoulson 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.6 p; V* }- C* x% k4 a! X" d/ U
, F% k3 L4 }, {6 E/ {& @8 u3 o"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.( D/ R8 S9 b+ ]7 S* c
' Z4 F/ t4 }9 S8 `. o' X2 s' {# C; dDue 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. 4 I: }$ D+ N3 H$ N
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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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+ _) C$ h3 s# P. X, u/ r3 {2 {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. 3 V4 a5 ^4 p2 H
9 ~; \$ t! v, e+ jBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. , P" a$ i, v( J) `
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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 {& w* n8 D! Q9 p, c8 t
& ?/ ]% ]1 `& {1 F5 j"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.! h0 s/ }5 e7 q7 v" `
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