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thank you for the news,
$ f1 ?. p* b* P5 D+ pi have some news from toronto too...
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; T ^% ~- _" S4 u6 H6 `* Ntoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!., g/ ]) i6 j4 ]* ]* h
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.3 {1 E x: J3 f: `, }( a
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4 u# A: |1 \1 N6 @. isouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado, D0 t6 t& M8 A; j
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- o* F: [$ _4 G6 xthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage., f& O9 [& {) n3 S8 k) q
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: ]& j: ~' Y1 ~7 y* a) F( |: k4 u' T* lResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 0 ^& D4 B5 I% d: W- e i& X
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.
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+ f3 c. X( i0 i W. NThe 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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3 M4 l# a) F( e" C/ wIt 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.* T: Y( u' }; F4 L/ {$ Z4 c* B) }
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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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" w: B8 Q9 T$ ^" T( H+ U$ e) I& dA 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." f( O# |* B3 x% [- T+ [
- d. s* Q, x+ V+ X8 \* E1 _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.
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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."- S5 i5 y: u$ p4 c/ D
) j5 Y$ g4 o9 Y4 a+ d \: c$ D YOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.! t4 L1 M; g7 U( W8 C# q: N3 f. k
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.1 n7 W; q/ z' Q1 b3 s! B
; Y! A7 T" C# @0 m"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."# ?1 Q6 p) W6 S* C2 \! e2 g
3 `6 ]' X/ O3 G6 @9 _" L" mFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.) S) [$ X- \4 ]1 U- x
% |; z3 R. P+ V) P& @, `. `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.; a# E1 Y1 B2 U2 j: y C
" }$ I9 L) X! q: I! L"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"2 e; h3 `; y$ Q4 D4 U
" r6 I& U7 u0 a" X( S2 H' rOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.5 d) l: x5 l- i* W* d
# x9 P0 T6 _* [2 ]6 PAided 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 C! o+ p- H' d3 N8 n. b9 g
6 @9 `& c: W9 ^" r7 [% A7 FCoulson 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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. t5 ?' k" t) @7 Z: U. D" P3 s"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.
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3 u, N: [ C! j1 F/ XDue 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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$ s% R$ P1 l# R1 s8 @" kThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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. p3 T$ ?1 x2 O% b! ] W. 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.
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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. 9 K. W8 b1 t- l, M# a
1 `+ P% u% |# ^8 i"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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"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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