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8 }* P% u+ d/ \2 {$ Ethank you for the news, + d, d- D0 p) H0 V& E7 v
i have some news from toronto too...5 Q% I$ s9 z6 V9 i% r" L4 B
' j W6 d% {4 m/ u( W+ I! U' ntoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado% {( c4 G: u. W3 j; j+ N1 L# [1 y0 R
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0 c4 Z) q. O3 Ethe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.- X. R- |( Z8 V7 g, j9 A
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) j- o! |2 R0 I( Z1 O VResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado $ {* y; D9 Z" U0 a- |
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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4 u! E( _& c/ P# `7 I3 r: t$ zThe 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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It 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.; J9 r, o, c! @
4 O% L1 n. y) R"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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* e, a$ j [/ L- eA 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.# q+ u9 ^# M# M' Q" s9 n+ v9 f' F
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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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"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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3 y J: b& G8 n" }& l4 FOn 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."' {3 j0 h3 M7 K9 w# k
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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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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.# I/ {# [% h5 A/ Z1 m( R
- f) o5 y( x3 X S' l9 C/ J" _- Q"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.( i1 U2 W2 a/ J4 |/ L
' _! a' M. p8 qAided 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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1 x9 Z+ r0 I1 e$ `% }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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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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! z- Q7 K+ t- l9 ~; f. L4 \1 r+ zThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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: w7 N% v' @) z' A# r5 Z9 Z* nMeanwhile 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. . Q$ a |, u+ n! K7 R
F# |5 R/ x5 h5 K7 XDuring 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 e; R G5 ?( q; R
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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' G j/ d6 @0 z5 ~: z. t"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. ( `5 z' ? F+ V% |2 `: [$ s2 h
) ~& w6 h: G. ]& j7 d% @- G"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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