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e1 b) _* u* A% p$ Jthank you for the news,
" F" A+ b) N! Q! p6 q! K5 b/ Xi have some news from toronto too...; e) @& F0 l1 N: c; _' b
, m( D) C3 u. wtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.4 S* D! C+ n' Q) n& U, w+ f. u
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado: k4 L5 Y0 W1 c) M4 I! t. X# c
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$ V }: e" `) K4 Jthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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6 P% p; [) ], ?. t" [7 hResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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$ n/ B7 q8 O) m% EThe 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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2 S& l) d. q" hIt 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." {8 u; b& f# o
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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."; G. @7 x, u. I0 k5 o" y3 X, @9 k" U; m) ?
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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.: X* L9 k( U9 D1 F& [* q
A* p, e' q9 k3 YElsewhere 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.1 V2 O7 J9 R5 h0 n: x
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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."2 F, y& p/ o) k9 H8 d4 f
1 Q0 B; m+ c' V n9 f2 s) jOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.& F0 f, X& C7 T' |$ X. W; _
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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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6 T# e, ^' r! L+ o9 y' U% q! y5 UFergus 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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% `2 E0 ^/ x3 y/ [, V) bThey 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.7 u/ @- o/ Z$ s( ?# G+ l( z. C
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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1 R+ o# y' x0 ]) o! s2 xOfficials 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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; h8 j9 \2 \9 h W2 j' ?& D' \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." Q3 L& r2 G* Q5 @# g! {# d
/ k' M2 d2 o1 t' j6 KCoulson 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.* n# ^7 E9 @1 A
2 m$ v/ P4 h. d! xDue 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.
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4 Y7 X& x9 \- Q) g# x5 ZMeanwhile 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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+ u( U. ?" K4 w8 H6 sBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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& P. u5 U3 @+ S3 L1 ?. b, s"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. # ~. i3 R c! C- |" w
! Q' Z3 x6 W- K9 p5 E' c1 y2 R3 t"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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