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thank you for the news,
8 c- r6 p! J. E% f+ oi have some news from toronto too...
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1 x1 M A0 p; S7 `3 l' c9 Z% `; y* d2 Ttoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.4 P" h2 W3 F) E! y1 {& ]
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.. S5 e0 a* I8 A0 E `
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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" p7 N6 f/ o: q* Zthe 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 ) Z) |/ V3 h" ]9 M& |) E$ n7 }
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.
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2 D) S! a# Q$ `4 G' w! `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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9 o; t6 S ~/ u5 J8 AIt 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." H8 v% B& H5 O
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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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& o; I! g8 u/ v+ y- RElsewhere 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.- H& T( W5 q. Z
: F! o0 j1 _$ h! a Z i8 \"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.": s( R2 a* ~+ ]
7 M$ g3 z" R2 h/ J: v& cOn 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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6 X6 x/ B- O, O7 bAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.2 v9 O, ^* R% }1 d0 f% @
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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."' a8 [8 M* N! S; z
. [7 I8 z* ^) O2 H) L+ B. KFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.; ^' ^$ A* T. s1 ]% ^6 H) N Z: v
% e' o G7 |, g. E' q/ O7 ZThey 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.- t4 w% T$ j' M+ I
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"0 [6 O$ y) L. }3 L9 i/ U* m! b( q, p
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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.4 p8 t8 T* Z: ^- G( d- T$ U; S; f
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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.6 J8 g% }8 B4 }! h) Q
- @2 X9 d+ m* ICoulson 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.' W2 g! v4 S* O
) t2 k( `5 }. U: [0 g/ n) jDue 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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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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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. / o" f, U; r& l% T% w
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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. : k; r" E- t7 L, Q" [7 `! K4 J- f' J, ~
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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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