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thank you for the news,
$ L' A8 }/ k5 b9 c, Ii have some news from toronto too...
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: |0 C, D# V' }: rtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
# V2 d) Q( V: M+ x+ {: Dthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.. ]6 C$ D7 H: _8 f: k3 s$ Q
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% d# ? W; H9 A h8 }. g$ Lsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.$ C }4 J* k# l7 W+ J
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) G+ Y* ?3 P& Y7 x9 B) f" y0 d! e fResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ! V% V# I8 E0 m' j' h9 h% H# _9 n
by: PAUL CHOI
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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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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."2 g& ` h4 V# Y$ B2 }, u1 R( x
# h; b4 A; g, \( N1 {- aA 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.( n: P. D- h! E" u& V4 W
+ ~* U8 O. w* ]2 O+ TElsewhere 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.7 q1 o4 u# i* \& u7 Y; |3 h
) N3 q k e. \5 U- }6 u1 }& d"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./ P' ` `; K. a5 |: H, S$ {
5 o8 D2 C! D! n1 q"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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! S5 h0 T' {1 tFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.' `/ q: D5 Z7 ^/ @' h# h
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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.( @! a6 |& ?! o! K# ~
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"+ M* }$ d4 l' a4 L
1 g% f" h7 o2 I: JOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.+ g. C7 S$ {; ?0 L! l7 U, g# Q/ J
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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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& _3 }0 e$ g* {8 uDue 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. ~- D. N/ D% z' } i
2 K. X; m( i0 b4 M/ | ] TThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ! ~' S, s* t* t7 u
; e( c: _0 ]$ \4 b/ D# J3 F5 r; V; MMeanwhile 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. 9 v; m) ~7 }9 f5 K: q6 }% J$ N
# H" {4 f2 N) c, n U' |6 oDuring 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. - K6 J7 [. V r/ b9 H8 k# V; N4 f
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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. * Q8 w2 O9 L! U
# r8 p, v, t; p8 t/ o"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.! w) h0 {9 k% K; O3 h
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