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thank you for the news, . E1 \ E* S2 A
i have some news from toronto too...% r R$ J& ]3 g2 O
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
. [- F9 N" T8 g+ W, G D4 P3 Rthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.* V' i1 E5 D3 w1 Q8 ?* } n
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/ h5 f0 o/ W! }6 p: t: Isouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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/ Y4 r4 N- o# m( a: wthe 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 4 [& \/ F5 L$ j4 H
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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+ R0 d( n$ Q# x- i5 WThe 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.. Q3 m! H1 v- ~: D2 y9 j- w
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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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" Q8 n3 X% C7 m" q1 w) ]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.# U% c* r( k: n
! S$ @# M3 c |9 t9 ?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.) z* ?- }- u3 W) w
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"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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% M* U& {2 S' ^5 S) h/ J. h"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."% _/ }" T; |% {4 _4 x
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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.' G: O; |7 }/ g! a8 D- h
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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.- Z9 D B4 G4 O
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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.2 j0 G5 A* t/ j& ~7 [* a# u3 w& w
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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.# G' H& z! u$ s; I4 t& M
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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.2 I0 H- d* Z9 f. u
# N$ H2 h. [% o/ w ^3 o8 `. M3 a7 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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) v! j7 f$ Z9 u' ~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.
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# s& m5 p# u0 d% m& E5 BBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. $ }( m: L( W6 s- I: e# e% P* i
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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. - i9 }6 G. B$ x: [" {
/ U) j$ S! y E" B% G"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.. S9 Y- U1 F/ |. `6 L" \* h
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