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thank you for the news,
9 n" B6 z, W; P9 ~. m# E% pi have some news from toronto too.../ \- F# Z0 T6 f+ ^- c' K
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: o- V# B0 A' L
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.. G* H$ U6 h3 M) p* {
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( O% }+ F p/ Msouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado6 b& e& E+ G1 b4 s
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.+ P% M K. t# D; m+ Z3 a
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado " O3 a& V9 U( K# a& z$ ~
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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% [ i' I. i) m# J- l& Y! n; y) uThe 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 C1 i; F$ M' L H8 w
- z# h0 p9 D2 }6 ?0 V8 s& LIt 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./ F9 U# @2 [- V+ _$ p
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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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* J1 G' s: d% w; p; 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.
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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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' ^. P8 N6 @& l( @ y"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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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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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.
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. l% C/ X) o8 y j3 J7 T N7 f' {2 xThey 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.1 D+ [ {# O" R& T$ h5 ?1 H+ K
- `& _% Z2 @) n! a! R"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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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8 G& |. V L8 L3 ~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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) H0 p J) L& Y! GCoulson 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 }# c+ p' k3 i! n
. s6 `6 k1 [: k$ s- R"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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/ r6 T% n, Z3 l! j. F7 b2 j7 lThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ! w9 W0 Z0 c9 ?. Z) t2 P# I8 k/ e" M
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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. + e7 v; Z3 r( r' ?) x' P' @$ D
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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. 1 J7 _9 i$ \; t1 C; y- W& Q
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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.
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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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