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thank you for the news, x6 }, X6 n7 R5 |$ f
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!!!.
, l# l/ s5 R$ v4 b1 E! a9 ethese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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$ A6 V1 A& Z! c( n# B$ o, Bsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado4 v' y: [0 Q% r
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage." S. v- \2 k# K# Q3 ?$ d6 e+ f, Y
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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; Q1 r( ~, R2 n0 x2 m9 l& dTORONTO (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.6 t, }2 X; r3 k$ Y; l! Y
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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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5 R8 A3 M K; A( c. E! AIt 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.$ p2 U, ?" ~& Z8 y% v$ X8 h$ G: j
& n8 N$ Y! N1 e3 b"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."6 P# [ Z& U5 Z' A
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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.0 _% I! |' F: X$ N
- [$ K, y2 g( ?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.4 j0 V H2 U: _$ M! n9 ]9 Z# F$ Y
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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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/ M9 }: j5 W; d0 \) c" H& SAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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.": d7 q. ^6 X. A3 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.3 F& b* q- N( J, c
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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.* }, w& G' p' C9 x4 H
' v9 i- {/ Z1 x; [: Z& M"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"/ e& F( i; o( r" U/ z0 y: t# X- H
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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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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.( B8 K* G" W/ ~
- u' U' K/ N9 F: c w% z* zCoulson 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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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.
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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. ( J6 O# {: K! m; s: V% p
8 U* W' @1 y: x/ SDuring 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. ; @) f% r1 a$ P7 x& 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.
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) g) K- h7 ^! S( a! t"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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