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thank you for the news,
Q9 J# ~% R& x. Xi have some news from toronto too...
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- ?. b; r0 I. a$ C2 e9 k" T% x Btoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!., z. A @" f8 f" F
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.) `1 Y( g" g+ c2 O8 X! w, ~
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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' S; n8 i& q# l, h% ?( {8 C! I6 pthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( |# k) S4 K5 c1 |
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 7 ]; Q3 E4 `. I% N/ A8 N
by: PAUL CHOI
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9 R- R6 m5 b p9 p6 V& n( QTORONTO (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./ F$ b# l& A \ i
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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.
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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.": A' |8 B! ^% G" @+ j0 z
( r$ o- n d/ 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."
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/ q9 f. E2 Z* M/ `+ q$ KOn 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."9 r# C+ t P- i$ `, Y
% Z8 [% Y% A8 L( oFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.! h/ a. w/ e# F- |9 l
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( L6 Q! g; T$ I) j. {"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.
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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.
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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.
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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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: ` w3 Y! J6 G2 h a( x- c& tThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ' F( k) `+ Z" g
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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. 3 h1 R j7 e: ~$ z, S: i9 O
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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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