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thank you for the news, 9 v% ], N, X3 G7 @
i have some news from toronto too...
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0 f' G9 g- w5 O$ j A( ^$ E) S% A+ g- Ltoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!." W. S- a& m& ^7 H" Y }' ~
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage./ G) b6 z* l. \8 s, s
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& s& p2 V" S' E- a- w$ Y8 P8 pResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ! r# N0 _2 z$ N
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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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., A, y' e4 B. H: i+ G
' f* {6 ~0 A4 I6 D1 D- bIt 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.2 w# g8 e0 |4 X. F; ~
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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.* b. G5 n. s* I: s5 [5 u2 i
0 b7 M V& Q9 @"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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2 @) Z) ~/ ? `& s% c! ZOn 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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"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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' p6 I5 S" p& ~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./ M' G& o+ {. ]$ p3 F$ `
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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.
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"; E" y W9 \* _# k! E$ `
% n* O2 }2 _$ _6 k8 hOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.
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4 C; V* N+ u$ L P5 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./ B; g9 a# P( i) |! I9 O1 e
, R; Z6 L: O, p- q. s"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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6 E! d. l \9 I( a% ZDue 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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! F6 O" H. l# {. B0 G$ OThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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# ^4 t) H1 h( b0 \' cMeanwhile 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. ! E+ l5 ]% U4 k0 q0 y, C4 M) U5 i
5 l+ K# v' L! `" g) g8 nDuring 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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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3 B. R! Y: Z( Z- W4 }"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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; P5 S) _( q* f"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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