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thank you for the news,
$ l7 Q2 ~, F' G" y& @, ri have some news from toronto too...
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2 Z1 S; t; V Z' ]( f9 r6 ztoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.% S P. Y6 R7 F h8 Q0 y- Q3 H0 {
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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* x0 k1 q/ Y7 p5 W1 ssouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado# Z2 T8 N. O3 ^' M: Y4 h
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 4 ~2 b/ r0 b0 L+ m3 X9 Y1 H* ]
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! w$ N) o8 ?( P* }6 ]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.
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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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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.! E" ], r7 k/ `+ z2 W: c
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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.
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& x4 O; X, j. J$ j+ ^# ^7 m' P"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."" I8 l9 m. J8 Z* T0 ?7 v S8 W4 t
" b1 ^9 \+ a9 b. b9 NOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.4 o u9 T( P9 m; b
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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% L* Y% p, V) X5 l5 i0 u5 q3 L$ b$ s"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."
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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.; Q6 X! a5 K/ {+ V. Z- j5 B
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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.% ^, Z4 \* v! h
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"' J# u7 C6 j1 u4 _3 B4 e) u
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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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" |4 J& p$ `- ~) t: X# F6 ?3 D- ]0 xAided 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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1 O! V( @, O, |8 g"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.8 Y& q! w: H! ` |, [ E# L; g# A
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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.
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3 K9 [. ?: V+ ?3 X( K3 x$ ]* ZDuring 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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"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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