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thank you for the news,
5 B: _/ C; _, _' |% ]( U6 fi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.' |: u$ t* _1 K1 G2 r9 J z
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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) U o3 x$ v3 C; @southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado3 Q4 A. t: [6 c7 }
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7 C4 Y3 Z% p, c6 l3 Tthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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- T: A& h5 H* h( t" F, q( ]Residents 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.. A& K" V7 r$ L
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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.: v! f8 }2 {9 s! |. t/ E
/ K: a3 G& T/ R$ wIt 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.- T1 E4 p$ i o" k
0 I8 Q* _; D- h1 }& y, e, V"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.": l! ]3 Q0 x' o. d, F
5 B5 C( C7 k; gA 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.5 X. ?$ n- _. R3 ]7 o1 P- h9 j1 t
; s( x- f. c) {/ wElsewhere 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.8 z! p9 g( E2 h+ g& w/ Q; S1 C2 P4 Q
) ?3 M% `7 [8 \, _. K8 e"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."& x" I& M5 Z4 i# g% t' S" C4 t
( x9 e) d2 `$ O8 \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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. K: m$ J2 R9 K$ h; U" v7 @: s; bAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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( l. u. R+ Q) H"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."+ T0 k, w5 G/ i0 o
$ w. ]% M' U) P6 z9 P2 HFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.5 {& e* t: N6 Z
- a" X9 Y$ t7 ?& b8 RThey 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.2 w) I0 p! u, A1 V$ b! j/ z
; h0 C+ b, Z4 y0 | C"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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W; J$ N/ V4 v9 x( f) x: jOfficials 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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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.3 z' M) O) C# F1 f
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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.7 j" C- K0 f$ g. t/ ^
7 C5 w/ t Q) R9 w& ]7 [( U; r% ~+ L"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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: h, O2 B' d5 n+ F3 d, a0 h! WDue 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. / a. M8 A" F& C! s5 a5 g6 E
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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. 0 T' [- L, Y9 i. @
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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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' M$ }9 a- l; @. R+ c; {' JBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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4 A. l. \' n) y; l"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. . G+ }2 q. v/ B
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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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