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! w0 w$ k! r% {% lthank you for the news,
5 J* h6 v) W; J* \$ Ti have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
) T, G6 n- r( O9 K7 h" Bthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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7 i2 l& w& S0 k8 i' zsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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; ]2 _" D# l8 d' Tthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.+ @9 @; X) ]9 a: ~, |
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado r" Q7 ^% Y* b9 f6 ~
by: PAUL CHOI
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6 ~; A! }3 c. tTORONTO (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.- e: _0 p- \- Q( k- y R
$ i, g9 b$ K$ }8 R9 r8 n+ WThe 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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2 R' S7 h4 `: ]$ t$ }: l4 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.
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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.4 v$ i. i8 B3 I7 V
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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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5 ]8 D- w, ~6 X, g% u! b0 I"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."6 k' H2 ?7 i$ P! h% D7 R. t+ a
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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.4 V6 \' x2 ^& _: c0 _
% H0 \% L# A9 V! C3 \Amidst 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."
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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.4 B" s- J* C0 ~: h4 Q% T
8 y% `9 h. \% a& j/ R' l MThey 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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"8 H3 ~( |2 K. a
: e* i* E! Y, E6 n+ g" m. R, d% KOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.% c6 m n6 `2 O7 t. Q* A& k( D" | y
/ d8 U7 J% j% i& J1 t0 DAided 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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"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.5 Z( D/ w: J' e+ {: K/ i) f
8 F& U0 U; r8 K8 @, X0 D: V. gDue 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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, J, U, C1 }, Z9 }- v; uThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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9 w! ^# A9 u9 U2 s1 C' DMeanwhile 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. # W) d0 Y. L0 S- s; r
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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.
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2 F0 Z; S+ F$ U9 Q+ @But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. / Y# p" v9 ~3 \4 w; s! a3 X9 P
) {. |& I: K6 q: _, Q"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. . [2 W5 M8 Y( t! b
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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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