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( N1 Y" B4 [! j! X5 L% F3 E. ^; j qthank you for the news,
% h1 ^1 h: c+ S' C" h3 hi have some news from toronto too...
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5 f1 N- e9 l8 S6 \toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
2 p7 z" ], u4 g/ L" g& Z( ithese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.. \+ o2 n: e# `# _% C; y
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5 m- T8 R# P( _- R5 y) c6 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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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ( s( e7 v3 D3 |1 f4 N; y) i
by: PAUL CHOI
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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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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.
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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.6 h3 j- P3 U0 K/ r" P
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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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% X( Y3 b, u8 LA 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.
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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.
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/ e6 u3 B! a, l* p: R"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."4 U1 \1 E, \. E( {- A
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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.5 C; M! t3 u8 P- N1 M: a
2 u6 E7 v0 ? P5 P4 eAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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) J4 v. h6 V" C" f" p. A7 s"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.". `7 R6 n# S7 O, P; U/ @
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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.7 U$ L9 H8 o O9 L+ u7 |
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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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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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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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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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"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.7 Y0 G. J$ c j0 Z8 t
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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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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. 8 L$ X: j* `0 k9 }6 d
' H* A) ]& U ?- q% Z6 `0 N- eDuring 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. 6 A9 A |8 E, P) A8 Y$ b' ?& k
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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c0 k# k. w, ?: B"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.+ I1 z9 B6 o) j" R: c
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