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0 R9 Y% m9 r2 C, y3 U: F4 b/ @thank you for the news,
1 c' S% J2 ?* k# Zi have some news from toronto too...
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7 A" t( B4 R$ Q9 ~* otoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
+ D$ J8 \2 J: h! d! P% ?these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado9 a' s3 \5 A* l
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.! }- ^4 m& m$ j
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! X% K) B/ ?: lResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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0 D+ h8 C+ F t1 l5 {0 OTORONTO (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." c9 o& @3 p6 x" n
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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.
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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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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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7 v6 D( z, i2 n" O6 l"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.
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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4 j& {% M* @3 u$ W+ f4 N"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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1 g: C/ Z# o: ?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.5 Z: P5 b+ q$ b/ h
: w+ D P, ]: l' p/ b2 |. ?2 ^' XThey 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.3 h9 K- I/ Q& `) T* @
& ^0 Q! U: P5 j3 m$ z G( g"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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( B) s6 k6 D; y0 r1 NOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.$ e: n l6 F, i' \
$ l+ n z" R+ y6 _$ NAided 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., @7 s+ O( [, @( X
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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.! o- @# S7 Z4 S, b' Y( @, }
# W4 ~ l- o' e; S6 r! \1 rDue 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. ) X8 D* @( W6 C, U- `$ M
- t. ~5 v0 K5 J7 w8 uThe 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. . U( l3 ?4 _, E3 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.
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$ g) y/ ]: B7 b/ N4 V9 D- B" R4 eBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ) @) u, H1 W9 _9 M$ B/ y
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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. 0 ^: P; K r' B3 I' @, ?
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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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