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thank you for the news, , Z( J! \% x4 K: P8 N3 H4 E6 }9 {
i have some news from toronto too...) q. P- P# h3 R- o1 Y
6 s* j& b9 P0 Otoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( w/ u; U8 T( K! T5 Ithese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.0 N' A! K" f+ ^* R5 M/ \7 |
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6 s% U& p& w/ L0 U; }2 Tsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado4 q2 M& b& }, a* |6 c3 N# v
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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8 [# ~( b' y/ P* g, }0 vResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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" `% k0 r" m! hTORONTO (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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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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9 d: Z, U* P$ l6 f" t8 }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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- Q5 }7 |: ?- W2 y5 O"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."; f" X% F' J" o! w9 c
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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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% y+ r, W$ i0 l6 S, ^7 c$ 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.; {! f+ U3 ]: [
6 }7 n7 F4 {4 }. ?5 E' t, [/ b# K/ }"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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& W. m1 r7 V, U$ e0 |( l6 SOn 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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) N: l1 W4 ? e3 ~, Q" Q S8 h: i"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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) D: h, v9 K$ PFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.6 `- Z- }2 ?& F. {- e/ V( a3 n4 b
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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.- d# B6 r5 A. |& ?6 n
3 w4 }; a4 _' I9 ]8 T0 [7 r"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". J! b5 J$ g" j
, v2 k3 K- j3 B# |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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9 Q& I& d: K, f) I- ~9 K" `# V$ WAided 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.- I2 a3 B; Q5 y. o+ o
7 u! D: b6 D5 v/ ^. s$ c+ WCoulson 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. 5 c. h! U8 _. e& l, k0 P# _
$ U# j: p- \% E& p7 }; K, F _The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ' L) R5 I) j" o1 V ?6 u
8 A- L. {: o2 z" T; xMeanwhile 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. 4 t0 s: R7 ~2 e- ~2 S, [& m6 l" c' L
9 M2 v" ~! |7 l/ \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. " G# m5 O" ^$ Y- `
( U6 w8 j* S- T& K. ^' r& i/ mBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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$ n1 z3 e, K. z" K% v"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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/ U8 f# ]2 U$ Q& I$ {"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.7 ^6 Y3 [1 J9 Q- C" m1 J
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