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. ^* s7 J9 H; N3 J; I# ithank you for the news,
4 _$ v: I8 G+ ]9 mi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.9 Q( K0 C0 f$ l9 T$ E3 }6 S% i5 A
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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& M P. K3 x2 F0 r) nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.5 |% B; T' r: T5 A7 U [
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' d1 j( E4 C' m( W7 N* `! |Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 6 ?. P* B0 Q0 f2 |9 M) M( `* H
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9 [1 a& T) B3 f* N' cTORONTO (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.* ]( j" ^" Y5 p1 j3 G
0 W) m0 t# ^/ ?/ P$ U"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."9 a- S4 i) g) c$ q. q6 _# g# r3 @
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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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# ~, j4 @, s8 ^# t6 p9 @6 k2 V"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 M8 c& ~/ c$ Y! l9 L
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.2 ^+ a* M1 r( p% N5 s- K
9 x! p- V' k. r- A/ j% F+ z$ I6 @0 A"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.
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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.2 Z1 |% Z7 R% q2 N- p7 ^& Z7 Q
# ~4 ?& o9 K6 e m* H/ D"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?". ]# W0 b2 ?& b# p/ c
, b0 J$ V1 [& p" R I9 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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9 f2 L7 R7 o( J9 f6 z& YCoulson 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.! z4 O! F2 _* Q6 k3 @% [
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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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. * ^0 j/ b1 j0 R& v
' j' |5 h( w# k! c8 C# W8 n" ?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. " L+ m1 C( y, o8 Y% O% _
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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. " g* `7 e$ l: g& N& E6 A; M7 v
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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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2 e4 p( R8 O9 c) t* x6 J. {1 L+ r"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.2 ]" d R3 p! u& q
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