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8 Q" j3 N; Y. E3 o( [" V: ]thank you for the news,
# x" ]& P' u9 z- y8 N# V- Di have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!." j8 I J: W/ J* H9 ]4 R
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.4 ^6 D) u, T' a, s" ?5 C
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" o2 X9 M4 @ T: Csouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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+ p, d9 B+ E# d5 }& Lthe 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
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# j1 O6 I- V3 n9 f/ Z& VTORONTO (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.( ], O& p+ o) F% r
" X, `( N! v- g. J4 KThe 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.+ P) u* U# U# A* X8 A6 s9 U3 r1 |
! c% t6 I* ?: B+ a"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.$ L p0 y! H8 k- S+ p5 y
[* O1 S3 b j/ t' m3 _3 t"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.". ?2 t" J( D. `7 [
6 F4 N6 H1 k" q W; }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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* Y; Y# l) t+ I& q0 yAmidst 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.
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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.: t( l7 W* U: S, `+ Q& { \5 t
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.% W a$ l. ^3 Z3 X+ U* \
/ P( f9 E' F- a/ t0 T' ^7 YAided 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.
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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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7 L3 D( J5 _* A$ q$ pThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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3 M- }$ `" w0 U% v, `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. ; f7 j1 e) t1 E2 ~8 q
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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. $ U' g- I! x9 v
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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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"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.9 R0 C& y) h }: m" \1 S: Y
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