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thank you for the news,
- b$ U5 b+ H' P# ji have some news from toronto too..." O( g* j1 D E3 y/ D
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.2 ?% L( R- ]! W8 B
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado6 S# Z8 E+ b6 D$ P
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5 X# V; K1 h4 Y: `9 Tthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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( }" g/ ^( m1 [) DResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 0 N3 t1 l- q X, @: h
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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2 j3 ]# J! w, M! h; E h2 _! GThe 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.' z+ A* s- ?! J0 Z2 X
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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.4 O4 f9 s: ?+ x+ `
) I6 E7 w8 g% |& E" `"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."% X6 ~- Y8 }1 b' \2 @! k( {$ m9 N& X5 u
! f; x0 X. o. ]& A0 y' |' eA 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 o; ]1 F# v0 Y, `1 b; G d
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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.- Z% n$ m6 g! W
! G0 M# X- E* a5 W2 B* b1 s6 p/ W/ x"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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2 ~3 o. T$ g0 FOn 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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# q1 i6 @2 r: Z/ q2 J" YAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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"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.% D& F" ?% b1 w, d/ [
8 w$ Q, E' u r, m! b! J) V0 GThey 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., s+ l* B# N& s; u+ d
% @2 Z& K9 N2 t7 x"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"2 n& R8 m ^9 ]$ N
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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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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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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.# v) k/ t% i D5 J- A: D
7 _* t5 R1 A" D a"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.
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 0 I& E& v4 I% i9 K2 V; a t2 _7 j
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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. , g+ Q/ _: _; V0 I9 G6 |% x/ {
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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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0 z* R1 g! O5 U"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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6 V. u- Z% Z2 ?8 N; D"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.- Z" f v5 f3 n. {: Q2 f8 }0 b
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