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thank you for the news, : k: O; X5 X( ]; t( h3 F
i have some news from toronto too...# ? r, o1 D6 J. m' r
" Z0 f1 h% d' \, H [3 u+ j- ptoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.. G3 Z$ o9 c! D$ X3 G
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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2 j% x9 A l2 Y, H; L! `) hsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado+ T- v0 ]0 Y4 U L% d
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage. r @" \5 o7 J' j0 z
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8 C$ v5 v2 a6 a. o9 C' s% NResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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7 c2 Z5 e7 G! H8 |# k3 h( XTORONTO (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.9 [& ^% b: C7 M4 l3 B6 [
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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.# ~* |1 Y7 v$ C: j
( v6 p# f7 {8 e% _# ]7 Y# }8 o/ gIt 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.9 l1 V1 m0 E% |4 V8 [
6 V0 E, s8 l7 R" i"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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" ?4 ?. q3 C' J# `4 F3 XElsewhere 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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- ], ]+ F- y2 i p"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."! @, N% u7 a! a
" |$ U8 c/ O( p. i; U$ U$ `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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Amidst 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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9 f$ k/ k& t2 t, p0 z6 L4 |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.0 I' Q+ W: B! N8 R% C6 n
! w# i' h- w7 s9 D& J6 DThey 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& \" D3 u, A8 r6 e, V8 D
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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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+ Y( M- D- d& bOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.# E" u/ c6 y6 n. f
' e5 N; Y5 M# {6 z& C' i9 I# F5 x6 {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. A+ k5 T k% S% }: o$ h5 E/ q( `
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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.1 s/ Z1 R* w; C! Z" i0 N
* f+ o9 Y4 S. Y) L, G1 o& K"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.2 B3 r& H2 d$ s
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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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V. A7 N+ l4 L" xThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ( m2 |3 ^2 o3 K8 U$ k, l5 F/ e' N- S
. k' `! H& X6 B0 EMeanwhile 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. [6 h9 p0 |" e! g, C" o
- `, N( E1 o. N, \% ?6 Z9 c1 M! |* }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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* a; j2 |- M" G5 n"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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4 n# s! U. A- J8 |" o4 `"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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