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! L8 M. q' x; l8 L: y' Vthank you for the news,
, }* J6 ?$ Z- } c& z7 Xi have some news from toronto too...* g# Y% Q; C# G* Y
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toronto 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
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" @/ l) u% K* }( N+ k& J: Athe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.6 m/ S* [ D( V9 F+ n
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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5 d1 @# t1 Y4 R! w$ [+ `8 `6 wTORONTO (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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' J! @ V' @2 H; 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.
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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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* f0 y3 L0 ?1 _8 jA 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. v% ]" [3 s& x
6 `# F% ^, A6 A- O. v+ NElsewhere 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."! {6 W1 u: ?$ e. f/ @
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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." P7 l$ d1 h9 E8 j
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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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; A# Z) x) P; N- P$ m0 }' lFergus 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.+ |8 o( d: U6 I+ \8 h1 x
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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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O4 `# ?' r, z% j2 t2 Y, \8 OOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.1 ?: B0 M8 I1 k* {9 T* c
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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.: K& L* p8 y" M2 g1 X2 a
# H$ |5 h- `/ ]% L! J2 F' _& xCoulson 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.9 \9 c9 S0 U& Y
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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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, ^! [6 M n5 ?/ {" A+ N1 xThe 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. 1 a+ }% p2 z4 S; s) @
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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. 9 b8 U/ ]2 i C' E! d. H! }, m
! ^6 z5 ~, U) F8 h7 m+ a$ UBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 4 \ _8 q: H* a
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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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