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thank you for the news, 9 Y5 c# j& V" j% H+ j+ d6 B7 G
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!!!.
0 r( J0 L8 b2 l0 q* pthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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' p$ c4 M2 g, T5 `7 d& u, zsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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" ~+ @% r' W0 p- R. l3 Athe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.+ n0 c1 {% v. ~
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; Z: w4 r8 ~! v; g- rResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.3 v3 b7 k& Q: o. s& {4 U# h# C
4 x% u, G) ^& R5 Z$ a" r! ~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." N- ?( i, P5 V& C
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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.1 y* _ X4 H T$ D. y5 r" K
% V. N# |1 q0 M, M# A+ P"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."' F/ ~3 j! p( I) h, V+ }* h; K
7 l; V5 M3 g5 kA 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) E+ m9 i, I! o& 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."
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: J1 H3 B0 R2 ^On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.0 V' U6 I( r* K) [ a4 x
3 i5 q5 W+ i6 ^, ?4 Z2 WAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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5 y. ?$ F$ V. c; x; k( H"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."8 {8 D" y" F3 h+ P
! w2 _7 m b$ e) ^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.. ?! B6 Q% O" C0 x+ k
& {: V2 i0 S0 O IThey 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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8 Q0 R* p& {; d4 f- v8 ["We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"7 r5 P. q. O1 i. w0 N& B& \
* ~& b7 t: D% D* y Q% D7 ~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.6 `% D; E" N: |) R- b0 k0 `
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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.+ ^9 ? W6 E' X) e& C( H+ r& M% A
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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.
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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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, Z h5 `! f) r) I' fThe 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.
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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. + \' h4 e4 N- s; @. `
) q( A6 W+ O% w, f: C7 hBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. + S# _! M" @1 q8 c( 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.
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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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