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4 W1 t4 g& F" `: T8 L/ Z6 L: Ithank you for the news,
0 M7 T9 Z- g5 Q, K/ x$ E) zi have some news from toronto too...2 c+ y/ h' P0 i
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.$ x& u" u' p9 {5 X1 v3 v1 R
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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) N% D6 m0 B& Dsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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7 N/ [. q+ U0 W( C* }the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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+ ]5 q4 l+ r) A# g7 L: [Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ! Y' J" u1 U) S2 V! b0 w5 i4 _
by: PAUL CHOI
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/ t9 \. O+ Q: A8 h; L( w7 l# P' iTORONTO (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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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.9 ]8 |# l( Y0 q$ ?0 m
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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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; {9 j4 \3 p$ a, D"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.$ W* s& j# A/ _5 b$ i, ^. {
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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.7 V' Q0 i7 q3 z. ]! k$ r
' r+ D" Z7 R1 q$ l"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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/ {: U. x# g: _3 @9 h3 r) L% `& dOn 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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said./ q8 M2 J4 p( ^' R; P) D! ~: j
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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."% o5 b8 L/ n- Z s7 Y
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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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6 g3 k5 L5 n3 f( q2 R/ n W% fThey 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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( `& h. V; X7 _" F8 ^5 w2 i9 V"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.3 I" f) Y h+ f& {: Z& y3 `
$ _! p6 |+ s5 X" y1 S' TAided 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.+ @* P K" e( ^& {" W/ {) \& ~
6 L* N3 [4 }5 y3 x' X- H, WCoulson 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.. C$ L6 l, F/ l: T1 u0 s
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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.9 K7 j ]" K8 l' x" [
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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. ' t) |8 M6 \5 G* A" U+ m
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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. ; q$ q# r7 }6 M2 r6 J& {' {& o
# {# |# h' \9 [4 o8 [. c/ WDuring 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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5 E& W9 _$ ~2 `( xBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 6 ], H7 b0 c8 M' m, C
! ^8 {' S8 F0 ]; S* J% a0 s"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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