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thank you for the news, 6 m: Y( e3 K8 i! L
i have some news from toronto too...0 Y* g x: F% s
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( J: D" g) m8 R0 z2 rthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday." [& }8 _; t3 f, \( f4 H
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado$ w& Z0 @5 i3 H# ]1 n8 F
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.# p7 F8 `. O( T2 n
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b$ k3 k9 \) rResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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0 H# U- T: y$ JTORONTO (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.# b0 a5 `9 z# u% P5 p p9 O
" M4 k$ {! y( e6 J$ v6 O. VThe 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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! X# v! f, j5 m/ D- _( f9 |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.". y: D' U- U+ t8 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.
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/ S9 i/ c& N- E X2 hElsewhere 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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! {0 n% w2 k/ O1 v) N"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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( V6 m. [; u+ F/ AOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.2 g2 C& w, ^- A2 Y
1 E" `" S4 K, Q6 J: x$ VAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said." s8 [+ C, L, j7 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."/ r s) [% `7 ~8 A
; d" S+ L- a, w8 d) vFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window. G% [+ w. `4 Q: E- Q, y7 ]+ u
) Y7 S# M) _" Z6 E! SThey 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?"' }0 h# M! g! f6 l
' x% k/ C8 t9 R2 X& s+ AOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.- j' }4 a$ p7 Z3 L, m0 H3 B8 B
; C; q) T* l* y3 h( ]: UAided 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.! }' @+ m+ l( u, c8 d
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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.
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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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& K+ m; I7 K+ c! U+ a3 RDue 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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* D0 g5 B! k! k0 i' pThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. , h( P$ P, E- h! I
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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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. `; X9 L9 K% r, N! EBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. # ^, T/ w* M, [3 ~9 ^
$ N% J* ^* E e. l/ Z"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. 7 }0 n5 S) A% ^
. x8 f& G8 b! _$ B2 |5 w8 r"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.7 V3 A; z8 F y# P* \9 s
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