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# W- n1 G* b: d+ [4 Xthank you for the news, 1 Z$ t* K/ a+ @: z, h$ I
i have some news from toronto too...
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% Q6 R7 W7 ^; a' W7 Utoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
, K+ N: C5 B8 q& m Qthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado( C' k7 l2 Y S8 i4 o4 {5 ~
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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 + P/ X; u F! r- Y; c
by: PAUL CHOI
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5 B8 |9 p) e$ sTORONTO (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.
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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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"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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! _8 `2 u$ P/ KA 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.7 E# N9 E9 u; ~; S7 H
* B$ Y% T2 |) Y. q) c: r0 |& O) `$ [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.4 W) Q; [& I" k8 Y% g! q. M v
7 h" X; B; ?7 ^* \! |+ o. Z1 i"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."+ `5 F6 T! R' {/ ~% }# u7 B
- f' W9 F4 Y& BOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.& j: e1 U) E% m6 a; Y
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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3 l+ ~2 r) j) p7 Y& 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."
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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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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.7 m/ _& A1 Z0 d1 `) M9 b% w
2 A$ j, |' Q) N) U& b# Y"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"3 k8 M" x. j! R
' E- M# _' F' B, jOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.
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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.
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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.6 M+ l! O6 D1 {* k
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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. $ K) q% a1 e& B7 e' K
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1 ~, K5 I! S# J2 f. D# a2 TMeanwhile 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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" O0 Q" [6 ~0 s. X4 e4 Y. YBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. . D( E" k7 B1 O2 c2 c
6 u3 w i$ H5 o- n"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. ; m) p- |! ~: R0 @6 `3 ]' P
! F& {8 @% }$ g3 o) r* u"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.6 J% ?; @% Y+ P+ p0 j# o
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