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thank you for the news,
4 T' R3 O& ~: Hi have some news from toronto too...4 O6 S ]4 C; U8 Y; d) |* z
9 ]" O& ?, r; `$ R$ Q; Y- B. ^. Q* ?toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
7 o0 k4 K9 Z* V; Uthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado1 P W3 ?" I8 w1 n: L$ _2 ]
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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
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5 E3 d$ f4 l t5 q4 R7 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.$ b, m4 R0 G6 b% x' s/ h! N- `' e: 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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1 R! F7 m/ O, \, x$ x. }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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+ W, K$ H3 i. K2 t b* w* r"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./ ?1 f+ Q3 x: P
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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."
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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.4 n [7 u- h6 U$ W; y3 u; Z. N
% O$ a- K# C- jAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.5 v$ q# B; b- B$ T/ `" r- _
6 u1 Q& d1 }. n/ D"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."- U. G; A, ?2 L
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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.5 F7 y; d/ Y E/ B3 U/ o
6 e1 `- F! I* V) h) xThey 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." P8 D( G3 \8 Q. u
' ]6 @% J( K- `9 k3 ~2 ["We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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2 T7 F+ I/ b1 _- bOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.) z% v0 _5 W. }0 _" U* Q) y
: S; G. K! {* CAided 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.. e( _0 V$ R- ~) f
# w& {$ O7 i5 A, D1 ]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. X2 b* S9 M* ]2 e$ L& _, u
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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.
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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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; d3 [( N& o, ^( TThe 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.
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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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: z9 x# i0 ~( mBut 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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"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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