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thank you for the news,
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.9 V# D/ i7 B; A Y! ]
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado& A' J( j' K3 s3 ^# k5 \
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage." x2 u/ {9 I# C# Z
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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5 N! b0 [6 _7 l) ~% q/ MTORONTO (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./ i! z& \4 s% W: C; b9 a' V
# _, {/ X9 t2 y n( FThe 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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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.$ F& s% b4 P$ C6 {+ R. k3 f
d6 ?9 V$ P8 s( L" c4 c6 E7 ]/ m"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." ^* x4 M6 Z3 L/ e
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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.5 T9 a- @! K2 W
2 l% C0 Y2 g' _, JElsewhere 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.9 W f0 M5 P2 Q$ J6 d2 F4 s1 }
! k5 I) c$ l% N% m" d"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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2 v5 v, W: _# ]0 _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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# ~1 c" F6 u7 t"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.": O4 s, t X$ K5 V# E+ ?7 ]
0 g6 e0 H2 s& v0 lFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.2 `# G# O' P4 z7 w' v; j
$ h/ J; N; b7 d( l4 V" d! OThey 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.5 }2 z$ `1 x [) {1 s7 z
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"$ Z. E5 n( z3 W6 ^& I# t$ k# I
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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.; {) n; c* U8 ?3 I/ d
( Y, r3 K" m4 Y/ GAided 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.
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8 `, g. V" V6 hCoulson 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.
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6 C' k! G9 |# hDue 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. . V& h$ v3 f! v& o
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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. / d& N7 X; N, @
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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. - u; {/ ?5 K3 M9 Q( h8 i$ X
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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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