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# G E2 `: k7 [thank you for the news,
" |4 a' @( g" x, Di have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
0 ^* g8 }. P% Ithese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.+ k! k2 c/ X' x" g t
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2 M( c( `6 I$ m+ r% tsouthwestern 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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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 9 W4 o7 M8 [9 M0 ]
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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.# f' S- Z% \' L7 h
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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. A' E) L1 i+ r! c8 @. U
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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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"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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7 V( E" {0 U* h8 W! g# cA 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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! o+ @' o1 |2 @/ k4 JElsewhere 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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) H" a0 J$ h: I8 oOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.7 }/ H# E5 R% O
$ G: c: m( ]) Q4 ~9 h2 A6 z/ |Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.; e5 G5 A- j$ @
( n1 u/ H- i9 Y2 C$ s4 b! @- t"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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4 } B$ U! M+ J- ^, m( fFergus 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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6 F4 L. V& g5 ]$ l9 T" T+ yThey 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 t* }- m7 N5 [, d( m
: D9 G4 S) _5 ~# N"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"" H$ ?1 \/ q7 }! P2 C& v5 I
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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.
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& `# P& E$ P+ ?' ]9 w2 C6 [$ vAided 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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6 n# p0 }4 @" c7 b& P5 vCoulson 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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$ Z, Q% q& J! ~# z1 eDue 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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. ) e3 x' Y( V; K* U+ z
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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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' a9 q( K; R/ @1 x8 ?But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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) w- A+ u0 A, \; M+ ^- O4 S3 V1 U"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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/ Q. \/ c/ h& c, _, J9 o& G: 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.
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