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0 p3 S: ~6 d# _$ }9 {thank you for the news,
5 C" k K+ e D/ G) d, i. di have some news from toronto too...1 R/ b! h8 C# j4 k: }! G/ j6 t% `
; M, `* W$ Y2 \. F* l% Etoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.: _/ v3 b# L5 I0 l
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.0 i( `/ l2 ]) z0 Y- m/ G! V( H
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5 m! e" V2 Z; P$ f7 asouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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: \9 V, ~* i! e4 cthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.; J2 v# }7 E% }% ?% P; q
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8 T: ?3 z) y; x! j. uResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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; `) \# s& {$ ^# ]3 oTORONTO (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.% j5 x& I! y8 H, b
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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.. [; e1 H- ~ S( D, H' o1 M% e
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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.7 Z# Q4 s" r K3 L* I1 E8 T9 \
7 y3 w% U# T* y* t8 j' ^' u"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.": f$ [' E+ {5 E
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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.' L }, \9 R2 N+ F' ~
" F# r2 H' I/ X0 y7 n* Y5 Q& C4 GElsewhere 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.2 R5 V; ^% R, N6 v: C, }' i
/ U: {' n! B' s"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.. D0 x' C5 u% d6 _$ {; R& Y
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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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& z4 e4 Y' o, k) O$ }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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3 @7 D+ o# ^! _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./ t5 C4 ]3 |' {$ E; v5 l
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"7 u* H# t/ u) q( v
( w% `; _" N, C/ LOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.# {+ j& g& y. `6 j1 o( I$ R$ b* f
/ s, _" B" j7 X2 Z6 A9 b6 eAided 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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. T) k9 b4 r( Z `, `2 z"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.3 l% J* ?% f, q3 j; C
& w( ?! a$ [; K9 k6 @2 j) m. QDue 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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2 q( U7 s+ W6 m1 v. P2 k, ^The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. . |" ]; p5 o* F- t' f4 _
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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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4 P9 M" {1 d% F. ZDuring 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. & B# b9 N% a3 [7 j. h" G: k
: N! W- L( n* ^$ }But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. }+ K( p8 l* f: q: H
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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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"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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