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thank you for the news, 3 [; d' Z7 y% _& U& g: i3 ?
i have some news from toronto too...
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, f) Y! P+ i( Z3 }2 mtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
; A' ^$ r8 |4 i# B7 Ythese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.% T' \! z5 {6 R1 b
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( V8 Z" K7 H9 m$ `southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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4 \2 s/ l7 k# n; M1 p. qthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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3 k2 e+ p9 D+ [/ s C6 vResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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9 N- r1 ^ S6 Q+ t. c. E3 TTORONTO (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.* q1 n0 T' U v' w& ~4 ]+ t# a
S* C9 f7 Q4 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.0 y* t% _3 d$ p* \* X0 G
! @) B" f+ _, dIt 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.2 e& m$ `, z9 s& C d" ?" u
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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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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, r4 l) ]* C
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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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! |. P. b. W3 F4 F"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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" n0 r4 _% m+ x$ a: X/ S; A+ ~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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* p$ I* }1 }3 I7 x8 lAmidst 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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7 R; \# I* J, fFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window./ D5 `) e2 F4 Y6 n# O
/ f C0 T$ O1 B* a* c+ eThey 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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"6 l# Z5 }7 {9 l/ [" U
3 h' j7 D) q* V6 ~+ C( AOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.$ {" g ?- h' l2 o* q$ k# A& C
( s+ L7 c$ e: f6 n; o/ J5 hAided 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.$ }9 z/ \7 m# D$ L& M
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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.
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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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2 E& j% i9 ?2 k3 f/ F6 _# z6 YDue 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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! N" w1 p& l8 @/ g! X' lThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 3 f9 f( v- z) H% R' R' b0 z- x
* y2 H; p1 N) D- [0 CMeanwhile 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. 7 C6 B+ G7 l" u
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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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"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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8 p" }- Y9 t9 B, S"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.7 C1 f8 E- Y5 V6 C) j K
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