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thank you for the news,
~# L) f9 h; _, Fi have some news from toronto too...
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0 h) V: G9 K/ v/ U' Q* d' Dtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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* b( C* S9 y7 R' U0 Asouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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+ v& O; ~! v$ u' n F- VResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado : R M2 J. Q4 p% u7 D
by: PAUL CHOI
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( N& K# E( N7 E% {5 BTORONTO (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." W0 r0 t* E( A3 c8 r0 N# n
% x3 v, ^. i$ f9 r& U5 [! pThe 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.- s; l+ H. i# M7 m, l$ B4 D) Y
: o w0 ]/ l* I: y- \$ pIt 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."
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A 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.* R t0 R9 {6 L1 b; N. [
) _) c- f# \& L( Z1 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.
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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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9 b: D. [7 n+ ^5 R M* ]; lOn 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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& ~3 ^: \9 q8 D/ LAmidst 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.". c: H* R* O6 v3 c
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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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- \1 y: c$ X8 v' k" [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.9 G* P( S% a P p% 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?", L0 R4 Q, B" }) `+ @& U5 q [7 ]
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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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; p) Q% P+ e' B# Z( v: X$ i) k3 AAided 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.; S G# w% _6 E2 k
0 r4 {# _; G& F7 R) n5 ]1 ECoulson 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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4 Y7 J+ v+ T/ p2 @"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.- E* E! Y# X5 Z1 B1 d
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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. $ P5 i& r a' D$ f' i- V2 \! J
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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.
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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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2 _! \. U- G6 \8 dBut 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. - x/ E, Z+ Q B7 j0 v3 t" {
- `, g3 O; A3 p" H$ F' D"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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