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0 j+ T% b5 P7 A3 dthank you for the news,
/ I$ Z0 ]- R' i! G. t9 ^. C: ki have some news from toronto too...! c- s6 f f% Y' n2 [3 i3 w
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.# \2 y" e3 U- Q; o
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday./ `: {0 L4 c0 H& z: n
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6 t3 s4 L h/ R- Y2 wsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado" p6 z+ c) P7 |) \
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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( n0 Z/ l2 N- ?( nResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado # X& Y9 [( w) s: {/ p
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0 A% W" T* f, U4 o0 P# f. b! HTORONTO (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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' L" }! r. w. Z5 G% P. I- P mIt 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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$ b p* ^/ g0 C, x8 v! p1 ~"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.* {% t6 p0 ?# E% P
* `1 M4 T& t( \& H1 L5 J$ u) c( x5 ~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.6 p6 I' @: g# C6 p
! L7 |1 E" g+ G$ T( J( K4 a"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."( O# X9 [# r' d0 [
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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.+ c- ^3 y: A2 Q! Y
8 r2 e' o$ U+ K; LAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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.* z: I( C3 Q5 ]0 f
2 H3 u9 l4 a7 W B( c. PThey 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., U2 e$ h$ U; |6 j, b
) ]& _; N- ^0 N& b; cAided 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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* R- Y% n1 @" v. n+ c9 \' M$ D) H9 fCoulson 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.& `# f# G* w! {. B' r$ x
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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. Q2 P Y# ^5 r& n) U2 ~
7 n. w! M' _; j+ a3 }) K- QMeanwhile 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. 5 i; q- u, i4 h# \! Y& `4 M, {8 w5 Y
+ T# l. w8 q( X, L"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.+ W; x6 ^) ^5 \9 i, u9 _
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