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8 p7 {% q* h M; K+ D- Ethank you for the news,
0 ^. e% R& J* ?9 li have some news from toronto too...0 j% K6 N, g$ v
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
4 p9 \& n& z# o/ j( M) hthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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, S5 |+ v% c7 K# x" ]southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado3 g* O4 G' N# b- W) ]/ M
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; A: p9 k% k) }& S5 a( H2 L3 uthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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9 v' u, f3 F/ A( i* P" n0 ]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.
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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.* _) o% B ^* } E: B0 v' Q+ R
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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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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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$ ?& J7 ~9 n2 |) a7 eElsewhere 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.") L# l s0 y" p, N5 e2 L
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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.
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0 `; z# H$ ?) n3 MAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.( L# T& H& x% i' I) Z# W3 n
3 W" h, @/ B8 P, V6 \" J"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.# J7 X6 i4 s) o3 N+ I
0 v0 k1 {5 s* g! N( L" x$ _* o: WThey 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., [- \" o" H$ a& F+ l
6 \) Y1 k1 l7 U- J: P"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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* ^5 W, w2 r% L* V) g! ?" `6 tOfficials 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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7 g/ X* ~/ ~7 M) M$ U: GAided 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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9 O, n# Y( d' X. W; L, E3 lCoulson 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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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. 9 [! S: E; B* z4 ~! B
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 4 [. r( n9 N4 e6 @2 ~% e5 P. ^
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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.
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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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"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. & x+ A2 `- U) Y- G4 V
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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.2 b8 h; j3 x- ^+ w9 N- ?* E
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