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thank you for the news, 0 C+ s. S* `8 _" ?
i have some news from toronto too...
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4 m. H, E- [1 N W& itoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.) }. ^$ `# H+ i0 x4 o( s
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado9 a/ F6 z! w }- D* G
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" f0 W0 d2 A7 v* h) H( ^the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage./ y/ v6 T$ m5 O0 V$ X
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0 |3 r6 L9 i4 M8 z9 WResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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: j" p5 N- ? g$ q1 CTORONTO (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.1 K# Y& n/ w$ \* r: O
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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.4 V3 T e8 M ^' {1 O0 o" f/ {
5 j& @, x1 p( T"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.+ B# O9 d: w& V/ x
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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.
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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."3 U: g1 S7 _ N# h
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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.0 {# x. o4 P5 E. ~; |
6 U! W: m. `9 D- X3 F; IAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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6 ]+ \* I" W, ?4 a2 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."! P1 Q$ k! d9 ~7 m# G1 A5 s8 g' e6 l
* ]$ @$ r: l& f, OFergus 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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( G7 n# l* p4 ]7 v8 i"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?") h0 g3 v1 z+ Y. L5 M; ^4 `2 Q/ T( f
$ \) H% M, n; R: Z! ^: e# `Officials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes." k6 u0 L# R: i' i. I
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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.7 {2 I' |+ [3 y! C) }% t4 t
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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.# i& L+ A, i+ D3 x& g+ V
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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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6 V: j% M3 p7 G, ~; ^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. # |8 b! u& R8 I. W3 h2 P
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. & m6 G% M5 f3 R) ?6 K* b
0 ~0 P9 f: D0 B1 H7 g: \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. 8 h4 l5 o2 [# M9 _2 `* Y& H
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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. ! v* J) `5 f) s) J5 A4 D
$ O3 t- D) h7 D- H! S9 [; kBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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. ; |" P" s8 r7 V# `" u8 I/ z
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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./ X n) }: f, W2 Y3 M
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