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thank you for the news,
6 }7 T5 L$ Y, j; V/ D3 Ji have some news from toronto too..., }( S# j+ Q; i2 V# \
8 G) r( E0 U# h+ |toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
2 T3 l7 E- k+ Mthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.' f3 P: a& I* \9 G& `% N
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.+ m, U/ }: B/ Q3 \) i/ }
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) y6 P" l( h& M0 E" k; r0 P' M; dResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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! D$ Y: e# T8 Y% j! ~$ ITORONTO (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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( j1 X, M+ p, N+ H9 w- {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.( p+ A% k: a% x( z) z
: k+ H* c: j1 JIt 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.1 ]( `; N1 F: L6 d/ B$ F
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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."5 _ H6 x/ P: D. c4 u% }
" {) a( c6 w5 L/ UA 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.% _2 z% B. z/ l9 K1 }1 E4 W
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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.! U7 C6 I5 K+ W
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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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# Q& e! v) K$ W3 ?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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Amidst 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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: g& t9 q# z% S; |! }5 ZFergus 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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9 _* Q& d" z- @; e7 W; dThey 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.0 F- s) T' y) \. p& T7 T8 ~
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"1 B4 b8 \# `, a
6 o9 i) h3 L& K+ F8 GOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.3 n9 U1 g- g" A, H; T3 i: i
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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.5 z2 ~, m' L' D% w `
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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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' \/ ]) D# h& t/ m+ D5 l c) {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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" R C6 m! [& |0 O5 ]% x! NThe 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.
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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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8 K( o* W9 P/ A$ H( Q# HBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 7 m* N( i& m, s- u z. k- l+ H W7 W
; ] k1 m" R$ r9 P2 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. ' G J6 V# t7 D: \
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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.
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