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thank you for the news, " F( ]2 x3 E1 ], p4 U" E( }
i have some news from toronto too.../ y" Y1 A5 V$ H
9 G2 Z. O" U3 G6 z6 rtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.! h) n4 E- \4 F H: ~, o$ F+ i6 F
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.! F0 F( r9 f, |$ Y8 B8 \* r
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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% L2 a2 B$ o$ othe 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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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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( A4 X. F+ F% xThe 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.! q. h3 a, ~3 v* p3 E
' E7 _' x8 M7 \3 Q: Z6 fIt 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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* T8 w# K) H8 r# I% Z4 H6 c% J"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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5 A' r/ w8 C3 D0 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.7 y% Q0 O! G V; S& S6 C/ l; c
2 O& q# m0 T( {% @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.4 Q( ~: Z/ ]% _: |- |' M1 ?
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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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, t& g' f7 ]$ `7 uAmidst 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."4 D; ^* K, s# m
1 }# w& d- V$ `1 \* U; ?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.
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: v+ l3 m1 v3 z. N# H"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"/ y0 Y5 L0 L- z j2 L0 q+ |
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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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6 w: s* C( z2 j2 T# wAided 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./ x/ h, y+ x7 k1 O. _" q
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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.7 z/ j' c. [8 Z! i
- e: I# [" b$ B( U3 ?6 f X* ~"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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9 o( ?, f9 R' J' S+ ]0 x# J d! GDue 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. & O9 R) s$ w, \# u1 `4 I. \7 f: F
3 H. C$ q0 I, RThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 1 a% z+ k8 P- T. v3 [
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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. 4 @+ l% O V0 |5 m3 ?
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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. # p Q' Z& o& p" E
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 3 A8 Y. B. |; H4 Y$ X+ j- c
3 d/ C* Y2 W2 d% Z# A"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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" z0 ~2 \, s$ W9 V9 Y"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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