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- Z, E+ v- Y2 e- e6 ]. I! |6 xthank you for the news, 6 v. y" C. N) ]5 ~6 I. [
i have some news from toronto too...* B: s: w4 _! W' Z# d3 e
1 \! Y) v2 K' p2 D( Btoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.# t0 Z) _9 l5 l4 p
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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/ u) D+ l4 K# R+ ssouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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# O( d: I+ i4 C6 mthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage./ Y9 n! ?7 c& q
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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1 F8 [( h9 \% Z/ QTORONTO (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.' Y+ c# {5 @3 [2 b
' ` K3 |: Q& }( O, c' {The 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.9 }& o6 [$ b! g) d+ v1 x; t
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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.; ^; E/ D( Y5 P! u4 i2 x
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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.
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3 R3 }( ~; G2 W! g( W$ N( H5 \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.5 I3 l7 R- e2 m; L6 y- L' I
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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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! z$ _, g1 Y2 e2 h qOn 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." T; z( f! `9 N9 Q
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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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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 L& {6 W) g1 X% O! u
* J4 {" A: M3 Y1 k"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"2 e, d3 j! ~: m; r
8 L- _! Z! A0 y# AOfficials 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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; v$ _1 }" ?* zAided 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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) V2 N# J8 I" `* F7 \( F9 jCoulson 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.# C, p. q- z, r2 @* N2 [
8 H! ~" o0 P( G, @"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.6 C5 u) }2 h, U, Q) {, j$ V: I
# k$ j) j0 P4 A# m/ Y! H, _) BDue 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. & Q5 D: O) o0 _: r7 {9 t( L
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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. % _3 c0 i" |6 Y, {0 u# b8 Z5 [4 _
& w0 P D f! s4 ~7 QDuring 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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+ y2 P- R8 [$ R, H"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. 9 G* H5 ~5 A) M, [5 G
% X( X6 Q: N5 ]6 G$ F3 E"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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