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thank you for the news, 3 A4 }; O+ d3 p4 r+ N3 B# u" X
i have some news from toronto too...+ Q5 \- ~. H5 d9 R& q# J8 B
|9 a" L, R; i2 W6 X& Ytoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
' P* @% R/ H) P9 I& _these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado+ g+ L7 |1 g( m+ b- c
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.9 c1 l) `8 q& @2 f0 X7 c3 ~0 u
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+ { l* I" M. w: pResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.& J1 G0 Q# z8 w2 L
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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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& J4 s; k1 D3 i8 t6 I9 Z+ pIt 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.7 g/ D% l+ @2 `0 {
* Q2 q0 z& Y( Q7 b4 `"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." |5 S$ `, v5 u# I: i+ g
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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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9 Q- B' N& K, ]: R5 G# b"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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, J" K0 K! K5 N9 p" FOn 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.
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" y0 r. v- t$ S" M"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./ N+ y, n6 S/ d2 V
8 A" o9 v4 M$ }) s3 p! ? u( KThey 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.
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0 N& a I+ z6 c+ o"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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9 R8 ?! K! m$ u0 i+ X b8 LOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.9 H. s/ }( Y8 W& ?5 i
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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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5 y) n2 j v( b, d# x1 q$ B: ~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.3 d. B7 I8 e' ?9 z7 x7 S
( _/ o! _$ A, f) b"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. k$ j3 m1 j+ L4 Z; `* ?& i
- k9 }( n! ~* H' aDue 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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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! k6 J1 S* p* Z" {9 R e# s" k: tMeanwhile 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. 0 N3 B! y2 q; w* y8 I5 b
; b% @4 J, j0 gDuring 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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3 k- k8 ^7 q5 T4 M. e2 jBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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, [& }$ `4 W9 |" D"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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$ \6 M# R3 p4 `: z6 |, p2 B"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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