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thank you for the news, - g( |& k" ?$ u; g- P8 @
i have some news from toronto too...# P: }. I. U9 i" b4 C' x6 g( m
- W6 b* z) e3 Atoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
) G' h- K8 i, G% X8 ^% K7 Sthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.: P2 F, A3 D Y+ R
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9 q @3 ~# L- M$ nsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- o+ c3 K* W4 N Gthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 3 v2 V) K% l+ F# t/ y
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$ ~7 C. V* K; ] `; x3 @/ BTORONTO (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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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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, }. H5 o! _: F1 U1 BIt 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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0 r# k' N7 z$ F: x: d"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."1 g$ K9 P- @# }9 d
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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.# [; o. H6 _( h$ O# Y
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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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5 w) S, Y8 P! y' V6 m* n0 q' y"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."$ A/ R1 w/ D' a. e9 |2 s7 g3 Z
. [! J# ^5 f! r' w/ D7 IOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.3 v/ O e0 j2 b, h+ ^+ @
6 h8 |2 s- c. G- @: t' c1 H9 F0 c/ B( |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."$ ^* U/ ?# }3 Q
: b7 e. j' g O; p2 x% B+ KFergus 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 a1 S% I& l! J/ W0 m( yThey 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.$ K0 `& c3 N' O% O* l
+ U. l$ V$ ?1 D9 ?* {4 O: m$ D; y* E"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"5 R. I* v: j. @4 X4 m; |3 O3 S
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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.* W8 ~4 N& E& L$ e" p9 I6 A
9 i# F. X7 ^/ BAided 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.& v* j, B, e) t3 i( _$ ^
7 ]0 ]. H. _+ l/ ]8 Q: p+ }, iCoulson 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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"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. " `' ^* @. w, G9 K
$ ^* M1 ?3 L$ C+ _5 N; h% O, VThe 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* u+ K7 x1 q! b6 n& J
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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. 5 K2 T" @/ j; B4 S# W
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- n2 Z7 L; ]( g* B4 B) A0 g7 W7 y"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.6 X* h, P9 X4 K( B
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