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thank you for the news,
' J/ j: L) d9 Z9 B7 R$ @% |i have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
* |6 h5 _% }2 Ithese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado. U3 c4 @ q3 e
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7 o$ b- G5 p" G$ Dthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage., |7 f4 q# C( \: I* J4 Z* _* Q
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) E( j( l/ D, \. g+ p% m. m6 qResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado : R# G2 f: |: T- j3 D
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" y. I4 ~, P# ^7 MTORONTO (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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$ G2 u* L4 I" i' i: i9 WThe 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.# ~/ p: G" R# ]. P, [2 @
2 _4 S" Z$ S) [" a0 m0 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./ ]5 G, O3 ], S \
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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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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.' P3 v* W5 ?/ J( q, V" S& } X. a3 b
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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." ?( r& O2 j6 X% Y
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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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Amidst 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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. O; Z& z( s$ o J2 I7 wThey 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." E. A+ V7 N9 a# D7 v
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"* z% N0 |6 v# l4 U Z" c
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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.2 K/ h5 G" g6 |7 b* f p7 ?
8 R* f6 k3 f% h( }& i9 a/ V' i. uCoulson 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.$ M1 J! [. v* x u
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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.2 ^! s) U4 y6 m$ ~ o$ ^
7 B: Q6 Q, k/ ~4 [ f$ nDue 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. $ ?; o1 \& c, P3 C) l
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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. - r4 f7 Y0 |: a* e
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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. 3 w D/ ~, \+ _, n5 F) X
" N, u! G/ K. r! CBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. # U4 G/ ?1 J, U( Q! m
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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. $ b6 b0 ]/ E1 d$ g- h, Q
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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.3 c6 m. D( l1 k& M1 u
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