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thank you for the news, 9 M3 P5 v3 K" z' n- W3 x9 O
i have some news from toronto too...8 j O0 v8 u. A( C6 a
% a9 G& m4 o" {* t$ k$ rtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.$ z' T* j* E/ @( {/ g) V
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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: C4 J2 H& x5 x6 U4 _southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.( O2 X+ {( U0 Q( Y# X
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Residents 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." r( x2 D( g- e7 w
8 @+ r- q$ P! T4 h1 HThe 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.* h: J1 D: ~' `) g
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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.
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; V# i9 o# P4 N; \"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.": S; m( h# i% {3 {: R
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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.: U' A6 x y8 s+ _, X0 d, [3 n5 t! ]
! `* m( E6 d+ |( ]# LElsewhere 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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8 q9 d' |# N/ U& w8 U0 t( ["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."5 M8 r+ l+ W7 L, |
' x2 G' n$ {9 W; x4 B# ~On 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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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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. N1 }8 M7 f# d3 l/ T+ A) K' `"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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% }) z/ S' Y9 ]8 n2 K/ X) j"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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4 L0 T/ \2 w9 b9 K* @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.: `/ o2 `0 \# f" ^! M" j, A
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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.
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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.; N# w9 H- W6 p j
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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. . L: O2 P* i" k6 S H$ ^, A
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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4 V* f- u7 D( b3 wMeanwhile 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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+ j7 y' F$ v( q. c2 q/ H, YDuring 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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"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. $ t* i4 E) c9 \+ s9 ^8 }' {# c7 I
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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." t1 y0 k6 @ x- B7 l; k* D
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