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) t0 K5 L9 n& U7 A% wthank you for the news,
( R) j& w4 H7 ti have some news from toronto too...6 D* u. X2 b: V
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado- O+ `7 [. }2 t; ?3 F& U$ A) P
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: a& D V$ U0 a+ A2 P" _ _, }the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.0 v8 ~7 h) w; O
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 0 `4 Z1 d9 k6 B; X$ G, s8 H0 }
by: PAUL CHOI
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! W0 T$ r) w* z: P+ D; FTORONTO (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.. u. o6 i6 q$ c, C' W5 e2 Q
6 T% I( m7 ~5 [9 WThe 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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+ ?7 h O) D) X. IIt 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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"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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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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0 b7 A' X/ ^6 L0 ?: {! d& \. Q"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.": b. |5 ~& a" L% t2 F3 x' j
& u9 q* ?" a' W( oOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.8 { ]- k/ b! p1 @7 W7 q& q: N
! f/ m. q: o$ r% M- WAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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7 r" W# n) @. Y3 `. O"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."3 H3 o- V. v2 z, K) E$ P
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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.8 w- E0 d' d, t: v( y g6 X- e4 P! M7 ~
4 U. L- C& Y" k9 ^6 }"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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, A8 I: P1 Y/ I: Y- N8 Y3 u0 A& vOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.* L, Q+ A7 w( H* p& x) Q
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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.8 d4 d: B' z; q0 j% J
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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.2 a# g+ F! \5 P& D
1 M4 u) K$ v& }3 C- Z"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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8 L, N: {( Q. H. [1 H9 x3 WDue 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. ( p0 E! ]3 M: c1 _; g
5 r1 g4 y- `1 ^& `* YThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 8 N. ]6 f. Z0 r- ]3 B
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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. ; e* Y2 r4 P7 P4 M8 P+ J. g8 m
% G' t$ ^1 F2 A. u) sDuring 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.
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5 M( e6 M3 q1 \& Z"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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