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thank you for the news,
' l* m: f/ w( i8 k2 Gi have some news from toronto too.... q; V) N% u. J |. R, q- v
7 D! a( L6 |3 g6 {, vtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
N4 a( H, n) P% v- tthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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9 g/ c( R8 _2 Vsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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, ~* S6 R" O* Z9 k8 [" Z6 x |the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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! H' S: h; d1 o. aResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 w) x9 X4 I7 B+ d/ d5 i4 ^
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.: k# g( ^ |/ X
( b% j! }3 a/ f1 _! {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.9 m ? E; W* s8 [5 b
% Q% z& O0 k% @' X1 ~+ h: |( O uIt 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.% p. E5 y" [& p# ~7 g; Z' _& Q
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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. e6 e8 f# R0 h
7 {/ e9 J4 i5 f8 PElsewhere 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.; w# K/ S5 Z: \1 F) s+ |2 X
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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."
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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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. i8 ^" ^3 J* B' G1 i; dAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.& V6 N: D4 L G+ K2 Q
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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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: q/ m! u7 h# ]7 o4 i( y1 ? f# b' eFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.' |) n* a) _* u
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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." c) _* R9 Y$ T
, `( b+ X9 d. T% a"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"- ~6 `8 S: M+ m6 ?
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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.$ z3 p+ X5 X4 Y6 e$ k5 d- Z6 `6 r
+ W. a+ z9 ?& l* h6 |* @5 c" ~"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: Z( h3 i7 v9 z
* s, u9 S# Z' n% X$ C) EDue 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. C( Q$ V8 o; s
# ~7 N6 S7 w% v+ V$ pThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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! i8 `. m! C# ^( f: D N+ |8 jMeanwhile 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. - h R2 m6 Y' [1 o% Q
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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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"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; o8 X% d8 W! G2 h' k) P
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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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