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. h6 L3 v3 W* g h4 Lthank you for the news,
- |: Y s+ Z, F1 p% ]i have some news from toronto too...7 j; B0 e4 z2 h5 i% r# C! ~
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
/ ^9 O- k* L3 }# Y, i9 Sthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.4 l: B) \; T( K D
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' B0 X9 F) t0 I% K0 Y) p! xsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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- L: o: k1 v% R9 r. xthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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7 n/ E2 }( o, E! E0 D# I% _Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 4 Y4 @) c0 R! T. ^
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4 b+ H S0 g; g& {$ x. J H8 m- `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.: f% F: c# Q: ]- M
6 s; E; m: s/ A" rThe 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.; c2 q$ d2 ]' r
2 K/ z y$ V9 N% @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.
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" h: @3 P( G1 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."& Y% j, b; Y( X2 ?7 U7 {1 y" r1 |
l+ A5 S9 j" F3 rA 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.& ]2 z( c2 F8 d' u ^( M
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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."/ G# N1 T8 y+ i2 ~
p3 l6 a5 }+ t' i1 Y3 ^" UOn 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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M5 T" W5 C" ~7 ^/ LAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.- l0 O: e+ e. }. u( c8 H
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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.", d3 L* M' I' Y1 h2 j
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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. T3 H: ^/ Z/ s" x/ D
1 w0 [, P9 l2 [# S! D1 L) rThey 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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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"5 o7 E/ U0 Y/ m3 M: q. H
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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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7 s4 K' s \- n4 h; m9 A" M+ DAided 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. x' x: N! u! O8 @& l% z* e
1 t+ B" q$ h6 Y; q/ K* ?: t2 [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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"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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. . K1 C/ C7 p( H: P' C
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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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7 y' f$ @* p" L, m- d' gDuring 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.
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1 |5 k0 [/ }8 a/ t! @1 i! W! 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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"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.1 Z$ V) N+ `: a
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