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thank you for the news,
. V' s1 m; r3 i/ ?" zi have some news from toronto too...
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' s1 a* i, d1 W7 U& c$ V9 p# ftoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( O: b7 z% l4 l/ n" G* _$ Z4 Y; sthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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! \8 ~4 N7 m) q+ @: esouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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' S. ^0 @) p A+ BResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado / s+ o2 U- [3 ^0 `7 u
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4 e3 g0 u3 R8 KTORONTO (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.( N& u. N: c0 Q% c6 X5 r- F
' y5 n O3 L/ 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.; E1 `9 s) X/ o/ G
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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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$ M! r) [* e7 x2 A; g"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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Q$ U3 N0 F. q, f/ Z7 F% B3 QElsewhere 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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, h3 I! P" [6 X. H! @$ W"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."' ]: e. o' h% m) y7 a4 g! x7 T
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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.8 M1 B& E( u& e6 {! b8 k
* R, T4 t, N7 E% o E \! o" _, JAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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- {: q. X2 {$ J/ Q K) p" |"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."5 @$ Q. Y7 H5 e+ S) o
7 C5 {4 Z9 k9 UFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.4 ?' R- I W0 t" a# s; L5 U, `+ _
0 e- y/ V9 F' U: s( y5 P& @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.9 j; X8 s" ~9 x: g
: U* v5 @; {8 V"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". ~, u: [7 H) q% v. q1 N# 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.& ^) O1 g% }$ B7 |# X4 [
: ~+ d: k9 O( r! \4 f! j9 \8 q: LAided 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.0 }1 g3 g# t2 x G0 f( A7 k7 b
/ C/ n- R( I2 }! [5 gCoulson 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.( z$ ~$ k$ A- S" x1 c& e' _. L
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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. $ ]& ?/ g! }# M1 ?: B( ]
" `$ @2 L* t7 X0 x. o7 Z/ FThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 8 k9 d) T) n) \% W: u
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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. + M) y D/ Z' U, s9 S! `
% H0 x9 V+ F+ l7 d ABut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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. D" c2 j( V( _4 _
# k: C* a2 w# 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.3 e: B; m5 W3 W8 T) f& E
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