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thank you for the news, 2 P: i& A& Z# p% L( L/ r }
i have some news from toronto too...& ~3 S2 s* n: J; e
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.$ [% l! F3 K/ _+ G4 `
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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u: L% n$ G4 q+ E4 i/ L. O7 nsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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7 J2 e- |$ m8 W9 h; ^0 B, R! ~the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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! g2 { Z. j$ y/ I) j% C; oResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 9 [. @2 W% C V/ q
by: PAUL CHOI
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" t: }4 `0 F' {# p) zTORONTO (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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) Z: L+ p% |* }- W, ZThe 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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$ D6 q% C0 i) ?& A, I"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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, ^# h* s: X G+ rA 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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, Y* h2 _6 G* m/ \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.
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"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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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.- @1 w9 |- W9 U
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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."! ?! d! C/ v9 r6 ?3 y
$ @( N0 I% d% d6 i1 k, ^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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3 U( y* j& j$ ?5 y( TThey 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.- h$ j" s0 m* p- j
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?" @! K: D3 j% @& r9 q( R8 n4 }) 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.
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2 J8 R; _, y( `, `% EAided 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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. `5 b4 ^& @0 _! S4 xCoulson 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.1 T: v( O% J5 R' A2 @
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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.) ~) Z7 n4 a' o/ e! f
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' Q( G% x4 ^% z8 V! uThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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4 P: F! B/ ]1 i+ j3 k: N" RMeanwhile 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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! ]* D2 V7 g: V0 p/ i/ c"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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