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( Y% N4 F9 W5 m y9 rthank you for the news,
* f+ I' ]0 Q! ?4 oi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado( P5 k, P) h3 N7 B" y
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.5 e" a6 _4 P3 A6 }
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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.
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+ D2 D# c1 e3 N7 MThe 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.' t: t! |0 d& {8 l. |" l2 V
1 X5 U7 u+ P5 MIt 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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- q! j" `; S+ v$ U7 ZA 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.- ^$ i! @, T. z. w3 V; ^
/ b3 t7 P# S5 RElsewhere 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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/ Z# I7 ~1 Q& d( H"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."% @- [7 L2 q/ I( ^
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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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" E/ ?- @4 n2 d! S' W9 kAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.# g4 w1 r. m9 M7 {6 D
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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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0 Z- `% a# W) FThey 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.! z m9 I7 ^& \* G7 P, s
& b+ g3 s7 W5 J' q2 Z, E"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"3 o8 P* r: a! M2 O/ |) `9 S$ p- V
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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.; m/ O) o- _+ E; \: ~
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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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& M) p3 ^% q* K/ E& N/ ZCoulson 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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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. U1 k( a$ H1 ?' Y
$ \, L! A) |) h- V: aMeanwhile 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. $ C8 C7 G2 G0 P/ K% |5 X3 [) q: @, g
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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.8 `( n% z* K! _; `
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