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; \# R9 r3 v% c4 B( Athank you for the news,
6 ?+ [$ V; R2 q; Ci have some news from toronto too...! g7 X6 u4 _2 T& \$ N/ ~
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!." y5 E+ E& K8 }% G7 M8 H
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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7 \2 V: B: e* t n' f2 i1 Fsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado- M$ S' E7 i; S- [, P
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J2 P. w8 C- H' c Q. A5 dthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.* m6 x. d2 C. g8 Y* F& J
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4 J4 F; z- D7 u0 A* L7 I) B6 ^Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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./ Z% L; z3 n5 _
- Q/ {+ F1 S2 o2 C0 PThe 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.; C6 U, D6 z& L) Y6 X
3 E7 {/ B- K, [, `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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0 U. a/ v [. H) ?"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. e7 k! Y) b; h8 q
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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.& T* w1 o; v4 a2 S/ Y3 y7 P; r# r/ a
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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."7 @' N% X8 m! V; v
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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.1 b3 X& R2 G1 z/ Z5 @1 t' p
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- |) g+ F8 S, G6 u! w, m
$ [ M- C& O6 A1 Y; Q, \$ p"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.") m3 y* r7 A e, p# z5 C+ C+ ~
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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.) }& Y# d2 o: }! S$ o. {
) l! s8 U; W0 g5 Q( U" P1 Y"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"* T6 q* I" L. L" J- S
, _( F. G8 X$ R$ ?5 D7 Q9 N. YOfficials 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.0 F- v9 S2 S4 D: v
" L; x( N* Q( Z$ |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., N9 A0 P5 z& Q) t' \
( Y. a6 J; Z* h1 b' g"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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' y: d; o1 {, R$ m% gDue 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. % N: F) J( e. K( ]8 L s
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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: i5 X3 s( b* q# oMeanwhile 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. y _; O' D- v1 F, l- _
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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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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: u# n( Z- b9 D. W"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. * Z2 \' |! \) l; N
+ j w2 t9 R1 {1 R x# r j"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.- y& ~. _% m8 G8 Q! |
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