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' ]& V: @( x! a7 C4 f" ]9 Xthank you for the news, ! G. D: N7 D/ T
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!!!.% V" X1 R1 F' a# M
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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( F6 [# d8 I4 G+ W5 ~" A6 Xsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado; s0 r* ~, |9 j
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3 p9 b7 t) y: ]* u, R& x" Dthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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; j$ R: P* q ]3 l4 w: oResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ' S+ C) x2 y2 v/ K( c# |, M
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.* M( `1 \% ~, @/ M2 ^
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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.
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5 G( T2 |0 d5 ^4 D, M" uIt 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./ R0 | ^% |- Q2 t* p
$ _1 m+ t- B4 [. F2 A"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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5 X, x6 q& u* K4 J$ ]1 Y8 c( @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.* N; V! j' k" j4 x
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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.6 _, z4 i) v" v& m8 V9 Y
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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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) O# N$ m; K' O( \Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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' L1 t# c9 z3 Z7 q2 }& p1 @"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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7 U( V7 @& w" ^6 Q' z8 JFergus 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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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. I0 v+ f- v: i8 s- @8 `
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"# e7 l6 K/ [! Z! v2 u
2 d! c, N9 s1 x$ Z! `# ^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./ r$ z( r. p3 M3 x, A
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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.3 `7 Y3 g% h. z6 H- k5 o }
$ S2 P4 g/ L2 e/ x2 V" ?7 Z8 b"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. 5 G0 K' g+ D$ j) I: R, t
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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. : D5 Y s/ }, ^
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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* |! }/ {+ ^; y( u5 X"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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