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) p) m* G! ~' d& @3 D4 E6 Lthank you for the news,
1 q% m& ^9 R1 g) ~i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
* r8 L( r/ l; k! |! rthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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% d: u& O B: w- p0 F" rsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado: \% J: G, O9 X& I. `1 [
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.# @5 y* A( B P$ @8 m
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3 i# Z* R# ~, e% D' ?Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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( k" ~5 {+ O$ [0 H l! L- 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.$ J# i, Q' k0 w2 I- V2 d* X& t
/ S6 Q' K5 H; qThe 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.1 \% W* K* b% {& `" G
i0 O2 d j2 F+ u6 e"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.6 {9 O# H* W# @0 ~3 u1 s9 ~
. X4 s6 K" Y9 k" E"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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; s# O# [, j. d& e& rOn 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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0 ?! Z% `+ X' d- [Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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7 _1 y3 C. O Z0 C3 N"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.
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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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: o$ n. I0 N! e: `1 Y3 Z0 B"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?") m# a0 R* F7 j9 g( D& a" `5 @
8 I! M: u8 i* _2 s2 sOfficials 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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8 l4 u( p5 S* ^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.! T0 \' `6 b9 O7 \+ h
, p! J$ c* N1 o- z+ \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.
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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.& k, f% L7 `. d3 N1 B) h. n" p e
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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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- |1 m( y' `' I0 j- {, C0 ~& 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.
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" s1 _0 ]6 \3 `, z' E* u* z9 uDuring 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. / W" h: J, g; w9 f9 b! c0 D2 L) H' i
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 8 j% F1 U, m6 V$ W# c) } C. U6 p
5 E. N7 h" c5 h, ^1 _! n3 w" Z7 |, ]; Z"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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G1 \& @( F# H1 ["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.7 D f4 l, q3 A; k# H
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