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4 _- j. U1 Z: w5 d" @7 L+ h8 L! pthank you for the news,
1 y* o" i# @: Y0 R. }, ei have some news from toronto too...5 A O0 @1 `5 N
( s+ a7 j# r r7 f. g' V9 atoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.( i3 g/ }+ v o' h
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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- K" f9 z6 Y. y4 y0 C B2 Osouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- ], F$ \5 W/ J3 F! z7 a: Sthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.: B" K5 A) S; W
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+ l5 Y4 e0 B. G7 ?. pResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 M& e9 H! ^1 d* }) a( I- L
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TORONTO (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.3 ]7 ]; Q# j+ N3 d3 v& T( m. `
- W! r/ J, r) G8 |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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% r' m6 W2 y8 \1 e( K1 UIt 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., o$ Y9 T- f5 ]% {6 {* _) b
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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."& {8 ?5 a+ b5 g& _0 f, @/ X
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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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) |9 { B6 j' C! CElsewhere 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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- _: W% F2 G* P: R/ {"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.2 S5 b K1 L4 h! o5 s1 C
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.; T$ o7 C: C" q9 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."0 ^# ^* i$ v1 t: B8 M6 o! y
2 G6 ~- d+ J7 s1 b0 }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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- F e: @, x- e" @6 D9 @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.% x( Q/ j5 f/ L' I2 W4 I C
; S: f4 m6 [# A. ^"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?", h4 ?: F3 j! z" @/ c6 u
) O) O2 a2 _. } O' e! DOfficials 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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"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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, Y8 `6 S9 O9 m1 TDue 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. - O) o, M( u |) P$ g
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. : `( ?; I. l$ S
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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. P3 h7 E$ B. v: H" M; e
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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. ; P4 S$ N7 m8 ]) B- P2 j3 h C9 l
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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. , w; y( L* p5 L+ o3 s2 D2 _/ r
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"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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