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6 Z- v' U* P+ S- G) t6 P# x1 o+ [thank you for the news,
. ~3 p, Y3 S4 X1 t1 O: Li have some news from toronto too...$ s0 n6 M: V9 V
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: J' _4 }" A) x
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.6 r1 e, z! s) ?2 t# K
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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$ S5 a8 ^" D3 x2 S1 E- M5 d. Mthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.' s' ]4 F3 U- j; e. s
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/ @. e+ A2 C* ^% f; V8 ^Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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. \5 v0 M- }5 F$ w4 GTORONTO (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.% L2 a0 K* G0 z" Z
6 E, d2 ~; h$ Z: LThe 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., S" H w/ v% n, f* G) b L
4 I! Z; z3 N) B' b6 H+ G6 q' P0 mIt 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.) A" r. A/ R1 i2 a: x% `
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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.' E6 m, S! I2 n9 Z, D
* z7 r2 p: W3 ~+ m- |* p) |; T& y"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."& Q% H4 [. r, R* V! E
2 X6 P1 r8 ~2 I6 I8 @ vOn 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.; ~3 p0 t7 o+ x. x4 w" ?! r$ K% K& m
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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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: F: ?& I$ |" Z. Y/ h8 bThey 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.* w# l6 A7 U- L0 Y+ w
; W9 Y6 |; o" i: G G7 Q( z) R, o"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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- H$ ^: b$ O& S1 KOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.. Z. P! ~, \* H) S" T8 Q! s
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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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5 [6 U" g% z6 M. VCoulson 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.; c- j/ B- Q( g" ?$ z0 W% W+ U
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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.6 Q5 y& W: J! t5 A# m p' x0 j
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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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$ M% J$ D+ I! A9 OThe 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. 5 ]2 }- B# P# _& F& |) \
; l9 r; x0 i! \9 x$ ]But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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8 X5 K3 s4 W/ F# F; d4 P( g, M"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. 9 {! p: w. u) d* W
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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.) p3 r, t- d# R0 d; y2 P7 {$ ]- D
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