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s( }. h& ^# @. o4 q' r+ xthank you for the news,
7 n/ T4 ?0 Y2 x/ I8 X) gi have some news from toronto too... {( f1 A" e$ f! I6 q( i9 J( c
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
: Z( z% o" Y: c- r) Lthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado( M- w8 [; f7 W- H1 Z& _# o- b
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2 x! ?5 W9 |3 Z- p! U: Z+ i. V; ?3 Gthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.8 a# u9 Q. n4 n9 J4 k
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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1 b6 B7 i1 ]3 a# c% K6 t; {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.3 V0 e4 r- ~6 k$ \
( K: h: f1 R$ f# U+ FThe 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.3 [$ H6 p. R8 n0 e$ B
6 @# @2 }, D; ]8 SIt 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."& h' T( R0 e2 |, O! n* q e
7 F2 m- q k* ^* k8 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.: x5 t' s$ n$ g; t
7 M b' o0 s7 l. @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.' E; v5 m6 o$ v, t2 r
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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."9 R9 w P m- c/ S( e, E
( o5 w& w7 M* G: G" _On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand., U5 D K! j* Z" L6 p* o
9 w# K% a$ `) k- r, h h2 J/ bAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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! v) ^) V8 J5 |4 u! Z5 z1 N/ y" v9 {"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."* c6 M1 H) D9 d3 P. M; `8 x4 Q% c
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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 `4 I# j4 V$ w1 r6 K" q. DThey 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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' X \/ _$ G6 B* I"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.& N2 @8 e5 ]' O0 J! [
% H# I; M! v! ^& D5 }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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2 Q: r' X! C* g, y"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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0 x0 K' M2 S- c# tDue 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. # s, q+ G/ b1 X" O
/ s" ], L7 r' j+ DThe 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. 1 l1 q& X: w5 W! q! d0 d
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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. % l% N7 P" S; k' y. f- t
( F* z. w. ~- [) L( F3 D* l- p: M6 d: M" BBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. . r; _4 Q) p8 N+ |( F# v; x
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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. . R& i6 Q0 l8 e9 D* V
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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.
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