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5 x6 w* ]# X* O$ ]: d7 Y, C) S; R* kthank you for the news,
* P& k! O0 e! u2 S3 @0 ki have some news from toronto too...; d) I4 j) r! [
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!., G K& x6 c# j; @7 T& a1 K
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.8 ~( n7 J2 i/ k! T
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.5 g: q" S% T: m
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+ u$ G! x8 t# T! K* v8 g' ^Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado : y& ` M" Q6 V+ U" r& b
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.
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& _7 J! w, L* D9 m7 ^5 rThe 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.
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) Y( @/ U1 u- x3 E) x( \"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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9 v4 Y4 d4 h0 [4 A: O3 X2 R"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 Z2 t9 A2 x+ p; 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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; j+ [4 W8 a3 ]8 NAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.) D: q3 l' i: t4 m! p
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"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.$ i" Y) x8 h+ ]+ U2 ~- s# Z0 g; a
+ N/ a& T3 O7 I. p" v$ K% P$ ^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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Officials 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.
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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.3 n& q( G1 p4 w ]0 l8 f
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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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) B& n! e: v: }# bDue 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. ; ~+ M# g; f, Y1 s/ g8 V
( L) t! M8 V$ r) l0 z5 O2 NThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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1 c, ~* I1 k# ?5 R4 e" y7 Y" RMeanwhile 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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; U/ Y7 z' T9 {; V h1 VDuring 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. & J: ~3 @ i3 I8 R3 f
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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0 B2 Z1 J |: i* v2 {+ R"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. 1 `. O3 D4 w7 P) l4 l
* k; T* L% X5 ?% d o$ @0 A# C" D$ p"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.- k) {3 d' B* V7 X `
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