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' r; s2 }% v7 L8 B. wthank you for the news,
" o W& m% x. g. a0 ci have some news from toronto too...( k9 V& \- F- t+ s7 B# e
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
( ^) z W0 i9 B F3 L$ T; Jthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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' F% D- V4 Y- u' n2 ^/ psouthwestern 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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F' S) O" `5 g3 Z0 J9 kResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 8 h! S7 X, t" G: P5 R; q: [ h
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; W T: p9 A& ~; E9 d1 {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.; p2 X8 z0 a6 H9 B7 Y* ]) h
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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.% [! j) B; U; |4 ^9 N. {0 \
% A/ ]3 `; G" b9 A$ G& IIt 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.& N: W, }+ k7 o& X9 i7 H
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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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/ ?9 f; F E* n/ [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.
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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.2 A C0 i$ i3 B) H0 n8 `
' ~: t. H; e" ~6 |5 z: 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.& U l3 a" K, ?8 w
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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: B B8 G- l* x9 _* c1 |"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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4 g# @4 A3 x! ~1 ~: q; EThey 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.2 z. e) @9 u# h0 k+ b. {7 G% q8 l
; V: H+ K! @, d$ K1 j* _"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.4 w7 P& ^; {, Q4 ^: l
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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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6 o" u# J3 A n; D5 D: qCoulson 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.# }+ l2 \% T; J+ c1 v- ^ X9 u
0 Q7 ?; q, k1 O: T- P3 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.
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) y. V7 I( P; m5 ADue 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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5 f+ ^% f% j) o7 M, q' D7 xThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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1 v' m- Z6 ^6 u; s- W) eMeanwhile 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.
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. : o& k x5 R$ h, l
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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. 2 F2 @# }/ T1 F2 q4 h* l
- y! O+ [" X- F; ~"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 s3 C; ~. R/ Y: L0 m
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