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thank you for the news, 4 a, n0 y. m% S, V
i have some news from toronto too...
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# V% h; {5 T, @& S! Ftoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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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.5 ]3 i. g# i9 A( |5 p: _; A
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% D/ L# ] y% E. Y/ i4 x$ f* B8 w# }Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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$ q+ T! \ }8 U: j$ zTORONTO (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.! T# l1 W- U8 U
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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.' L+ Q! U, J7 o j
+ A/ h" T+ P0 Y% I+ E8 T- UIt 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.7 o0 @' A B5 L
f. l! b1 K" E) v3 T0 ?"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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q9 {4 @0 o$ f3 u# C1 dA 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.: g c% c4 x9 S$ y! G: O
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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."
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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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"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.8 v& b) T6 o5 e: Q* J! i- {
5 d, L+ {" s9 N' [1 jThey 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.. A2 _, Y" C1 v4 m' I W
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"$ \, r M( ? k' N3 m
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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.
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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.: e5 x4 y5 b. s* ^# s$ y
" c _% G6 H8 ~0 uCoulson 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.6 H7 Y1 e7 t+ @# T3 i+ G
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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.
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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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' C" y& \0 K. N! \7 o. X7 HThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. & k' G2 k* L% M6 W$ D
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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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1 L. \9 b; f% F `) F0 XDuring 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) D0 _5 J6 f
# \% C# J8 m. E$ S: yBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. . Y0 s( V" t; }4 S6 T
8 `) i. l* A R) ?: T"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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"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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