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thank you for the news, 8 P6 U, ?' T' i- |
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!!!.
7 w+ _( o) @' i4 A* Xthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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9 j% ?! F6 K$ Rsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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, P; l- r6 f( K4 k* J- q! [ e+ ~the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.1 p# l3 E0 @& v4 K" P& a; c, k
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- K! X; ~$ f3 f$ ~$ m0 |Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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./ }( S$ I3 D/ ]. z4 Z
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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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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.2 s$ E6 n' V$ A( y5 N
, L& p8 p+ g+ P3 y0 f2 z"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."2 w# R4 c9 E6 F* E
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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.8 Z7 T. ?# h$ [- l
3 q; L( v& J) O! aElsewhere 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.- `4 Z+ |. Q+ H
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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."+ D3 c$ o6 W1 e6 u1 i- m# Z
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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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) x7 R$ p5 z" F x0 t; \Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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; p9 ]9 a' ?; `"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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7 W \5 w# O3 gFergus 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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"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.8 P" K* K \! ^. @, f3 P
: F G: d8 N- r0 ]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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0 P* z' R) Z+ q% l7 qCoulson 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.! o6 X. u/ q g: B2 p
4 C: A& \' }% n8 m' W) q7 t"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.& B: H/ ?3 w! U
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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. " U2 a9 w9 L2 y
4 G: U ?1 ]9 T; m2 q* ^* |Meanwhile 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. $ T5 x) z5 W/ u+ n S3 J
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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. ; {0 y$ z$ e- b* `/ K2 v0 n
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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6 S& {2 B; a: x4 q! h, g* i"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.* v+ f% {1 f% y$ w# Y
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