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thank you for the news,
9 ^+ P- v8 p& \) {6 {/ s1 c# Oi have some news from toronto too...! J8 H! l1 c! f. \8 Q% C
: M- k' \0 ]. j6 o* e- Htoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.; K, C+ `8 h9 x" f9 I: E2 F8 y5 P
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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+ i8 s5 C2 d( F C( m! ~) Q' Sthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.2 d8 C& C" Q7 g, ~- V6 b
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5 v8 k4 H5 B j2 }- KResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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/ B7 c- w3 w7 L% O7 M+ E+ P! y" uTORONTO (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.1 W! |2 N, L, u
2 P/ y+ S0 M1 A" P0 x/ VThe 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.7 B$ v1 L8 J, r" \* s, t" v
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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.
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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.
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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.$ q+ k1 n3 i; X" F, s+ K
0 j2 @1 D) n$ _, g; t3 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."
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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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: k2 t9 R$ g0 |2 l6 hAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ q" H5 W4 Q) o- ~% ^) W/ [
v# [% k3 z! M( V! i0 b4 H- W"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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: O8 a9 T, I6 e# K4 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.
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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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" U! U2 R1 P$ ]5 n& b' _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.9 l/ {; T' J( S$ ~1 h! Z! ^- U" w
$ g. i3 ~7 A8 E0 v: r8 pCoulson 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. Q2 J1 t) l4 y6 o
3 U8 _/ W/ k7 I6 `" ~9 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.% |8 v5 h' ~. M
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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. , F7 @3 Y% ?* w1 _3 d
9 D0 d% U; q# K: p3 L7 i1 ?6 aThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. & e- A% ?- Q b$ F# U: ^4 y
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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.
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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.
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