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' \9 m& y' r- P6 sthank you for the news,
9 J8 r5 O" n' [( F) U* ?0 ]i have some news from toronto too...% T% k8 T1 `# l$ \/ y9 B
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
3 r f) w/ f" M0 ^; Kthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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a# ^6 B9 `1 A; h3 f; Q5 ]southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado" d& M$ X) i$ n! w% u( @4 |
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# Y$ c! S6 u9 {# M% q9 ithe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage./ V8 ]3 J7 W" L
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5 t+ @! `" m( r% HResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado " r% S! _- k! n% [
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/ h a8 e5 ~; W% U- X: Q# ?2 {" b' dTORONTO (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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; d: p- @. v6 D! nThe 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.2 E6 R' b0 k' B1 ]& C% j
3 k* V% T* ? |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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' Z+ Z1 Z8 J" \8 ~7 {"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."# j) _: i% g# L6 `, e
) `! \9 G. |9 ^7 N* F3 Y) @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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) z/ y% T0 u6 S% I5 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.; n. W7 }3 g0 G; S, z& Z: y+ ]* K
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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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" x3 |8 W" D; t1 ZOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.* E7 F# v3 [: r" n0 H
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.3 H( T3 L2 u: N, {; O: h
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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.
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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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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* ]( Q3 Y9 j9 J5 L1 p$ `- qOfficials 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.
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8 j; }2 h( p8 U( @: [2 [0 _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.% b4 `( H' M( q( r" @9 x+ N8 Y' Q
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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.: L9 _% ]3 P* `9 I6 D
3 W+ d, w: U+ z& G+ YDue 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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, P0 v" B3 C% j) P% y* @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.
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( A% @$ j% G8 O& J4 FDuring 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. $ M f8 ~- g4 G
# k. D; n7 |1 {9 E3 KBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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- o( i3 @: C0 i+ ?. Y2 o% }% g"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.
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