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thank you for the news, / Z; _. X6 L9 [+ ^5 r
i have some news from toronto too...( j- s1 l |- l, D4 g" e! f% T
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
6 [, f; s# C0 s( gthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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( n; I3 ?! [( J r; Xthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.! E% L8 ?+ n2 O. S' q6 S& O- r% X
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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; A0 d6 R! D& _- K8 u' N* C2 ~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.7 u d! |) U, S) T6 k3 @
' L8 B* S2 i _: mThe 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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4 Y& L( @9 x* C( s6 Y4 x6 VIt 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., k& H+ k: e! F) S( _; v
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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."& c% o1 W% f" U; N, `+ p# e& _
1 }) x& Y5 Y4 I. oA 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.6 B, [' {1 u+ V6 p# R3 u, ~) [5 U
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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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" D1 M* ^! J/ \3 p+ S5 E; T, H9 eOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.9 R: H9 v+ l7 k1 K+ r: B
: Q4 w5 N: L' [/ p% N# }Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.9 p1 Y! @1 c ?4 Y" r$ i
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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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They 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?"% p6 B; G, Z4 |6 w. [
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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.! ~2 d1 Z' n' _9 u- q% p/ i" N4 C
) D3 e) e5 M. 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.
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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.! j: t9 d k& d# h
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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.' i3 ^* X, J6 D9 [+ w; h
2 k, K' l o. u5 l+ ]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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9 ?! [, n0 U( K% K( \3 DThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. ( L4 K6 p$ e0 _0 V4 E# ]
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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. 4 q2 M7 s# [4 G# Y3 S }2 k; ?( s
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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.
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" \6 e5 t7 Z4 q6 O8 w+ [% \But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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9 A7 P1 n" u7 @* b7 _; e"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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