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thank you for the news, 5 _( g! `2 M; @
i have some news from toronto too...
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3 M8 `6 O* j6 e# Q7 C) k7 etoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
. @& h# S& z1 }" Ithese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.8 @: T0 F3 j. |. O. F! H
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado6 p0 n' h' b' [+ q Q2 Y; v
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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 y N6 B# j) M& `7 u
by: PAUL CHOI
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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. ~/ G7 K( \1 N& P8 c9 {
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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.8 Z4 Z+ q& w! c' l; ~2 W9 f" Q
( w! @" A) Y! M/ ^, r2 Q- M5 Z6 ~0 f"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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9 d' k9 a- C+ k3 q) bElsewhere 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( ]6 P9 K6 z1 S" U4 Z
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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., Y+ ~( H9 ? e) ~1 ]- w
) G+ @; D4 Z8 `Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ r* ]/ u$ X& T3 M0 s
% J7 M1 @0 D' R Q+ r"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."7 C9 I$ r& d- Z1 q
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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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( J8 i, \5 M, i2 [7 j+ wOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.* j% Z) Q9 r2 G; S0 ?/ F) X3 l
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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. y2 v6 J' |- V/ u9 D7 \) K
& ~$ e l( D, E0 W# [& ECoulson 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." H9 Y1 m+ \0 P- C
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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.+ C: a1 L3 H' }& Y
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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.
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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. |5 r5 D ~' y" W
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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. . O ?0 @, z) w
4 [. y; D. {6 b; c' j( q9 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. % R0 m5 M3 r, C1 d
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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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