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thank you for the news, ( ]0 N/ {" ^; I0 h; S) P" D
i have some news from toronto too...
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$ w. K! W! `1 ]- l: ^toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado; T% Q7 P6 P1 W$ e* U; `; s$ l0 I) {
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 k! C+ M- x; P8 v
by: PAUL CHOI
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' G l. y5 K% ]! i9 r# x2 a }5 F$ }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./ y; n4 @2 `9 Y1 b6 L0 ]3 q3 e
/ ]1 S# Q* H0 N3 g4 I, h0 ?+ 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./ w7 o" j0 {+ S
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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.0 N1 w& {6 n$ ^6 |% T) L* g
) g4 o$ x1 ^: m9 M: E( u5 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.- O/ O3 U9 y! W9 C
; z. T* p3 N8 T5 h6 H"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."5 x' N) w1 {# v+ P" F3 F' E% U
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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.8 \* g) s( F$ }* T
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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."% F/ ~4 e t0 l; j. g
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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.+ P+ U' Y# s3 F4 Y7 u! z; h6 e1 d1 ^: o 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?"6 ^6 C: ~: S& Y4 E9 k8 Y
+ f+ U# [; K! X. E cOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.3 w% m8 u3 D l! }
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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.6 P2 @) b+ v. \6 k$ |
0 r; y* @( x b* n0 E+ sCoulson 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.$ R1 K, u& f; f8 v. J9 P# I
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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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4 S% n* n9 N4 {! T& e& J" ^The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. ' X4 | u7 b4 l) z: [
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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. + v1 d' A: V* F" s t" ]% v
; u: M) d- z# d8 r3 [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. , e$ R7 s1 Q: q, e2 M4 [1 X
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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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