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' v1 O! X8 K# g. z$ z8 U; Ythank you for the news, - v8 _ G% T2 ]+ a0 a
i have some news from toronto too...
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7 A4 G# |; _3 f2 y$ u6 M* V1 ttoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
+ {% O# s# U5 y& `these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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" _" n% y7 \& t; a8 H8 }% {southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.2 L- _7 ]0 \3 ^7 k$ A* ^5 C
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4 }6 Q# v0 ^3 P0 r- I' z! ~. @Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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3 _1 P7 V2 M7 |$ t$ [3 F2 tTORONTO (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.6 E) m( s; s4 O: f% L8 x$ {
! U) J0 x/ y3 x' ~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.& R) {, F2 U2 a. j( w8 L. V4 H
* S. m8 `* n, g7 R; I5 `1 Y"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."& u: V3 J$ U1 @3 P0 \+ t8 R9 ]6 c
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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.( ~# ]+ Q& c+ X! b% s1 y2 ?( M7 A
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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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"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.". T; s9 c. ?! m+ Q; O1 f
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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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. f: N2 z3 a7 y+ S% A S4 a* NAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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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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.5 w( _, I- V l; [; x- F. I
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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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" Y/ u) a6 d2 I7 I( LAided 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.* D8 F. o& B' d4 c1 l% q1 y o0 t' G }
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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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+ Q$ B$ w3 @2 U' s2 a3 [+ U, j& ~8 R6 ?2 U; O"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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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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5 ]! Q; _1 D/ |" ]. n J, }9 X5 mThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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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. $ T. X2 i* x+ n" e8 C5 {
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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 |' E5 @( Z* N& \) f- o# A2 e
+ {1 v. G. _& b& x7 hBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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+ s% C( ^8 |2 |; {" e0 s' H"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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: x, R# I. l6 Y"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.& b7 e4 h1 |* S& S- X% s% @
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