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thank you for the news, * B4 b% e0 ^( z- |2 l
i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( d& b C& T, ^7 S: othese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday./ \: u( p% N, K% j
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" ~/ \$ B# u" Q- _ Y( }southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado2 h5 @$ O; G9 n! o4 R) C% N) c% q
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% ?5 }/ P0 G1 x4 uthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( V T) Z5 @ c/ ^- [3 u& J
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ! `' g, j0 b* y! N
by: PAUL CHOI
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1 k1 H9 `, K9 d1 RTORONTO (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., U$ `2 C+ j2 N, F2 Q) e4 @
W5 N: _7 o1 c' JThe 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.4 q, ]3 g( W7 `4 I
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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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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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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.: d. w" n* S* h
1 D$ F2 b o/ [: ^ ?"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."$ E7 R, V3 l B- [( n- P
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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.5 B) @6 D& g7 B# l( l
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.' M5 G6 i" _ O2 A) E2 b
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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."- d8 ]) o! K) |" X! b) o/ A' o
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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.# C. W2 ^# `/ f1 ]# z
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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.
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, s0 c( w' m T7 e9 n% y* l"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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( E: i$ q) x2 K5 m# H; ZOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.4 c: P) {0 ?2 e/ \ d- q
, i6 l4 G" Q& 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.
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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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" p$ H# L6 R2 ~) `% U) x"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.2 j5 G3 Y9 A( E- A7 ^, P8 y
7 e5 {4 p8 \% y" x/ z. G' @) t7 KDue 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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: \6 Y. Y4 T, z. k0 BThe 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. 5 L) p5 n% n2 l
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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.
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9 N* B6 G: u0 {) }( ?" }0 J"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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8 ^# o4 }$ v# e @"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.3 r+ a1 Z- Y' Z5 h( y. g4 h
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