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; O* E7 B0 H# X$ l% M0 ~& wthank you for the news, ) u0 B. n/ k3 K
i have some news from toronto too...# K7 M9 v7 t# x7 s* g8 ~
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.8 W3 J+ h+ ~; \
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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3 E% y8 c2 O KResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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4 U6 o' j9 \$ E; G7 r" XTORONTO (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.. S4 `- B! W& ^% }$ p+ r' N% G
8 F# `! N N a+ x. I1 |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.
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8 b% v$ f. p% Q Z1 f# FIt 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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9 @) G! a6 P3 C0 j$ c( M9 D! tA 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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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.& @, C$ M5 D- z4 h+ S9 J
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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.", j% X4 S/ F* l9 b! { c) }$ a! o
' [$ L" y/ C7 O4 ROn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.1 l3 T0 O& r2 F" |. c
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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$ p% h8 q' Y, j0 T$ D"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."/ z u- A( t$ K( F& N
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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.$ w* }' Q7 V" W# \- u3 X
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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.( M6 B9 R+ l* L' p2 k. N; r9 b
2 ?% ~1 s) i3 ]7 r1 z. a"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"0 Z; |' Q( w, D' X) O1 y* {
9 S( R8 }6 Y; X0 S& k2 X5 c9 v1 ?Officials 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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% L. o9 T6 G5 K' o4 E7 k6 ]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.
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. L# T' n! N, N& ACoulson 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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$ b7 Y' d- M+ b% X: M; ?" I) H"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. / e$ t& t- E4 L" v& X$ l' V
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 9 o# W( n7 U/ J( M$ M
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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. " S7 M- c1 w- b5 U" G& W/ b* p( P
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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. % t6 A- w1 [! ]- X! q6 k% a3 Z
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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.$ ]6 G- j& i) O5 b7 S3 Z
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