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thank you for the news,
/ j! f% T3 U' ~# p' y, |" Y3 i3 Yi have some news from toronto too...7 M/ A4 q, D8 ]$ ^' M
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
# E- }9 Q! m" x# sthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.7 a; [7 O/ {& ?5 T9 n k
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' }# d% w1 _5 }0 [1 E( C6 P1 }southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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/ P* u2 E) j% }- o1 l/ v. v& ithe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.5 Z) l/ p4 x8 m+ s
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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|" c9 X7 T) a2 Y$ y+ DTORONTO (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.9 a8 Z, k5 x7 e: h8 t. y. W! o
% I7 d, {' v/ O% GThe 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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1 Q# a6 v& Y7 ]" F# s/ |- ?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.+ Q: s I1 Z D5 M- w
. F. m+ U/ C9 E2 ~: `) q"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.- |- d( q$ I* }% @/ r
4 B" j! _) M' Y( x& qElsewhere 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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$ {& t+ G7 G$ M2 C8 k5 ?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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"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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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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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# E4 z% v$ G5 F/ Y! cOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.& _& W; ?: E% W3 }1 H
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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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0 S5 e. i, k5 ]& U$ W& Y4 JCoulson 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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: T- i( Z7 p7 O, M8 t$ U"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.: ]5 _( f% Q. \
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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. % I8 @! T! ~* Y" d1 ?
* {; W- L7 R+ l3 @3 i' O5 qThe 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. ) s4 V. M3 L9 T" l( X
; O: Z0 N! d0 yDuring 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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) K1 B8 \) S! k l3 I2 c& Z" F/ sBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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' z6 E" C/ ], s& S6 S; ^"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. + x4 u9 }- W" [; W
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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.
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