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thank you for the news,
6 z! n1 E5 `0 A1 n1 Ei have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.7 r0 b, {2 c A; }
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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. n, }% T3 N, }2 L, F5 n& ksouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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5 `" I F4 E! cthe 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.' r( V- A5 L w
' h" | z: ~+ Q: 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.; c% c5 u) e$ h+ Q
7 k( Q5 F- r* l: `0 t: }7 _% V% ^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.' ~" w8 P3 Q% I/ }' |- f* d+ s1 Y
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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."+ I9 \# C9 m1 k; Q7 I1 |
1 X7 S( x1 _4 c' ]; D" HA 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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% A/ P% A$ G6 X% C5 P. B: HElsewhere 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."1 m5 ]' m9 C+ I0 y# U' A& d
2 C, F9 X% i) n% Z0 r' A/ |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.
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7 n" ~) o" d! T; w: ["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."0 X- o) M$ e6 C2 u! a9 ~9 A
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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.1 E; B7 P- J( N' S# a
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"5 ]' {' \2 k( E
3 C. m7 l; q+ W0 y) OOfficials 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.- I- s, u6 f, H1 h! e) f
9 y3 _5 R% G& SCoulson 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.) u; z! `4 q! W$ J) f- C3 n! F
$ D- K" P# ?; N6 n3 |0 L Q"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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 5 b" d+ V2 J. N3 Z: V* V& N4 m$ y
0 b" f3 y9 _, f3 s2 X6 J, r8 a, ?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.
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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.
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$ L2 S! j0 ]% P3 S* e"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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