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thank you for the news,
3 S, ]6 O% D) a; a* z1 h! Ri have some news from toronto too...
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% X2 ?6 g u5 K) m* [% h- ktoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.* l! S) v, Y P3 B1 t
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado8 e& f+ @4 J! R$ l0 o
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: q n& ?4 o5 s7 Cthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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@2 A1 P3 N. h/ O! EResidents 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.% g: P6 \- t) K/ w: `: q
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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.( b5 m9 i" y' H+ ^
: H& o' c' B) p& O* xIt 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.3 T7 p! e* i2 P
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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."5 a/ P. p' N/ ~1 L4 \1 d6 w3 V( f
/ T H7 a: W% @+ g. s/ cA 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.! W( |* P: ^ F8 x
# z3 i' c" u0 H"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."$ M: M/ P% _% o6 {6 l' F \/ F
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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.) D. J C1 k4 ^( M. D
; C4 K6 s( a3 ^' t8 @; u, `; `Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.; t! Z1 y9 ^# d1 x- q
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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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4 l' |$ o+ ], ?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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% u" Y7 w% R) @0 IThey 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?"
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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.( `5 I) y. [3 ?% `( ]5 Z# J4 V
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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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7 T# i; Z/ r" \2 j( \"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. 8 |4 y% L% m) R* r& X
2 J$ Q c, C1 @0 wThe 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. ; G. J/ r' E, z! A3 A: b
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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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/ N4 R4 H) Z9 O) |8 a) @$ B7 I0 }But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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. " ^8 p3 N+ J( X4 G, w+ z9 t. H
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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.0 g. {9 _! D- B. V5 b/ P6 H/ f
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