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thank you for the news, 9 p2 z$ H4 R1 \( Q9 X
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.. z6 E; q! e) @. T+ g
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado5 U0 j3 z0 H2 }% b! q# K/ [
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3 T( p7 `. N, e |- Gthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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! x" {8 S& j( @Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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* a. @! K/ w. H3 S6 Z( yTORONTO (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." T7 R2 d- [0 K5 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.
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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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3 y) |/ ?- V: Q( Z"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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( Y3 j% t6 k# Z5 o% m" {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.
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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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3 Y9 l1 ~9 v8 {9 ~ LOn 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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, p4 t h, v0 k9 a9 o! lAmidst 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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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.. R: {. ?& T, i% s5 v+ p. K
' E4 G- j$ r2 u1 U" pThey 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.
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( x. w0 A$ Q* ^! \5 Z6 e4 ]% H"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.6 |4 g! r* {. K- Z. B
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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.
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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.
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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.7 K3 {5 \" m1 v1 [
2 X/ d- r* _3 b8 f5 |) {! UDue 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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7 M8 R2 K- ~/ |. ZThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. $ }- _: I+ Y. h6 Q3 v
2 ?+ E4 z" x6 d! L1 KMeanwhile 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 r7 z2 R9 k! | {3 K+ A1 J
3 H1 e0 K: J2 q. E1 c+ ADuring 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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& E" C6 \1 Z3 D% ]8 x"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.1 v& V# C, D" a; R+ ?1 C
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