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% {% o6 g1 ]- C2 D/ _1 x6 hthank you for the news,
% P! s2 M+ r8 d0 ~9 Pi have some news from toronto too...2 J% n% h" D6 y/ b& ~$ n' C
' Z B! D: Z$ K1 [7 Htoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
$ \% D& q; A' S2 i9 x2 wthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.4 B! H2 c2 _: z& u& e* p( b. U
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado: i5 n% s, L4 G, K0 a; v, D0 w: f
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9 u5 X/ ^' C3 v% x/ \- F% L+ Athe 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
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* z( l: `3 F- V* l: W& V2 jTORONTO (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.2 ], S8 Y& p" g* B; v* v1 H: F! Q
. k* e% t+ I) Y; D5 kThe 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.
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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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! I# m, ?7 H. W9 l7 KA 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.; h! U P% g5 t. l5 D
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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.* C, T/ V; J0 N1 Z0 S
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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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1 ?+ x& N, l" c+ e! D' A7 E$ XAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- e5 J8 T* J9 c+ a/ K/ o6 s
; E, c$ V& Z& P, J"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."; o7 g0 {/ d2 b
6 r- ~% S! K$ xFergus 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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( s1 U# g* a* g! FThey 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?". z7 C# `0 M; n( b
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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.# t( V/ ?% @' M* t
' A( h6 J* N6 [4 t; t& P4 nCoulson 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.. _9 b* G/ _9 v
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( Q- C( H! R9 f+ T @# DDue 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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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. " `8 J' ?$ R6 Y$ L9 x) g
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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0 j0 ?1 a0 ?' q" b2 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. 0 l0 F; i* ~5 L0 U! i
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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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