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, r9 Y* f$ T# }thank you for the news,
4 g- n K8 Z* ^) T' O& ]i have some news from toronto too...9 |+ v. u& V9 R% H1 {* I/ _
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
7 R A4 S$ f6 @( D0 L3 }these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.5 T6 Q3 d! O9 U8 F
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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7 B$ d8 [; J& r* Nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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0 ^, R- Q( ]' D4 r5 m- m8 @* j$ [Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 V& x: l7 U" `$ B
by: PAUL CHOI
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# K$ B: z5 j( L0 h/ ] ETORONTO (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.+ j3 ^9 Q" v% j. O
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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.# _$ [' F$ j: M( E' d
2 f) c2 h0 }9 K: Q* tIt 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."# R4 Y, Z3 ^" L% ~ P
) R& B8 q4 P5 N& _& _/ k7 j4 NA 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.$ x# k, b: ^* Z
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Elsewhere 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.3 A, F, f# N/ k! \7 V0 n
+ }; P$ J" J- `6 f/ c3 U"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."; `( E6 W* V& }% R: Y M
7 ]( ~7 V2 U1 A" OOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand./ u% N3 T$ @% m, ]7 p, I* c5 K
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.7 L$ W5 T# g6 r- ?1 R/ o; z' |
G$ I" E: g2 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.". Z- T+ u% G- C7 p. o) y
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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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" ~7 [/ I0 N; pThey 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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5 J6 u" |: l4 h, Y: J+ T t6 U5 M* A"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"$ R2 F1 o, ~, R+ w
, y9 M4 G' \7 ?4 a2 eOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.4 m* a5 t5 x; i3 l( f M
2 s3 a; u6 b3 [% G; C3 vAided 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.! q6 S0 U) S0 w
5 y2 G1 |' _6 A' dCoulson 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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"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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. 5 |' R' \5 `, ^: j" E$ B4 x$ D
- W; w+ r% N+ O& y, {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. 0 l D7 w" @ w. E
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 7 c$ f3 Y3 z# l3 J
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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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8 X* k/ B0 K, }8 ]"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.2 [- }# N) h8 q* p
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