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thank you for the news, ?% t! a7 p- }* V, d$ P+ d
i have some news from toronto too...1 Z8 q( g7 k3 Y6 g
: T6 ~) }5 {/ Z* _toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.5 j$ A6 U: Z, S
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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8 ~+ y0 g, `# H, M4 w* Jsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado* s% @4 Y( z2 P, [
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; D* t2 R/ Q. _$ Y! [- }5 ethe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage., S, y6 V- {% p7 B: ^+ {
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7 \7 \% P R0 @$ b, B% {. G8 [Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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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& z5 x0 w* f4 g/ p- sThe 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./ h. z' t: A$ _. g1 C
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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." ^+ L6 g) [" R& U2 }7 b$ P, M
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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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8 @ U* R* C% x4 H8 pA 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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"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."+ W4 u4 R" P! i; f* n* }( o
B! `' I+ y1 ]1 C9 W/ {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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4 p; |6 {- v4 V# n7 ~. \3 [Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said. p$ Q# _1 V e8 P# |1 Z9 }
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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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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.- J% T9 L' n3 w
) G, l( V$ o8 G' w- l"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"6 }# y) Y: ?7 ^0 D9 T8 X. H0 n
' N5 @$ ?* P' N: \' z, TOfficials 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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P" P' Z+ l+ c# QAided 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.; l- P: O2 n$ ~$ P3 w4 n, d; F
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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.% w* i R, f' Q
/ g! \* W$ Q3 V"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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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. 7 c; @, U: t/ \& L. E% e
: m: O, p# _/ nThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 1 f" c6 T4 p' D1 z! [% P! m
+ P9 o2 ?3 f- A4 F1 G0 o" J: ^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. ) Y$ S2 Y% H d6 K1 L$ p
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 5 C; \# q2 M4 ] s# C
. T7 `* B, P# X& b"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. , i: y, {2 @" b- @
6 s- J8 h& ] h"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.# X' f( E5 s6 s% a
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