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2 o7 C! ?& N( r+ c2 y4 Vthank you for the news,
5 U/ |/ i4 b* I8 Oi have some news from toronto too...
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2 |3 K3 f+ E+ c2 V4 B5 Ytoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
. y A- m' T* P) j7 [these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.! t4 Z" D$ G, s6 T' B7 d
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5 t/ R' B" c& v" H1 usouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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* ^; @9 P9 z! nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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2 L, `) k2 s7 i0 ]3 }' EResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado # r& D# ^! v8 Y: w) a! V
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7 J* q+ i9 J3 q. ~5 r$ U% M' {; gTORONTO (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.2 ]8 B- |$ D' m0 u: F4 n" K
% G0 g0 } U7 Q8 G( ^# hThe 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.$ E/ b! ]; _7 @* E3 n# K& |: h
% @. |1 b) H6 C/ {, uIt 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.! o2 I- [3 I* Y# T' ^% V3 {. S
& A7 V, w( x! X7 j x/ W"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.9 y+ v) g: I9 E, T1 r6 d# N% A
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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.
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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.". ~& a1 C4 z4 J) a3 O
* `1 Z7 \% ^" t" P' w# {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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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8 k9 X' T0 ^' Q( B"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."7 o' a$ @" K) o ^; W+ ]
5 z5 n7 _5 A: ZFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.' N4 q( |/ R' \0 `2 W0 u
- ^( s% d9 B% h# WThey 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+ X, a- t% b: u) aOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.& h3 H* `# m3 P; Q- I8 ?, i6 A
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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.; q1 ?* q. a# w' S1 H* S% f
, y" q! j' s F9 i0 R3 L8 ICoulson 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.4 {$ V5 G" y4 z9 C8 [ e
: d/ }& E' a7 S, z# I 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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' G# F# c; p$ F$ WDue 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. q- V, ]6 ^6 z
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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. ) Y# g! b8 j! E) Q
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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. 7 x% e. u7 A! ~9 B! a J3 ^
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. % Z% {( L" v" x- ^$ h V6 W# D
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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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4 C! G0 s k" |* A, h J8 |9 F# ~% W"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.$ a! J" Q- J- _0 e- r! j+ \
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