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thank you for the news, ( c, x" j) q3 S4 i
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!!!.
1 D4 W1 _# `1 K4 L; `. `these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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. |; X, ]9 v! k2 d1 L" Hsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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; L5 j/ D: L2 w0 {7 l5 T! O1 Mthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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# J! P+ d" w" QResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ' E6 x7 T/ E9 R. `# T v; ^
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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 K; a+ M: R9 ] J& m% o
( S7 b7 i k0 m) k8 R. d/ kThe 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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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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# _4 S9 @6 U+ \"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."/ j' D7 [5 q; L
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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.
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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."9 W1 a% [6 H% ^ j& n; A6 f/ g
2 G) t {7 M2 t" q* C; G+ `On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand./ O: Q5 A) J! [
( M( I7 F' \( i- R. Q: d2 cAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.5 f0 M8 M3 i |% j# _+ D
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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."# M$ g' J% Y& ~1 r! W+ J: B& J# M6 ]7 o
" k% [: B n' R5 W* A. i. qFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.9 I) g! H/ Z) S5 q) O4 _
% z' f f# a- [2 t: ]6 t& {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?"; O+ f4 C' h6 K6 a; e+ l: d
8 D3 _# G8 @' r: {7 B4 JOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes.; ]% I4 ~) ?+ j- v( K
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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.% v" A, B- Z5 N5 ^' Z8 F
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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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7 H" U" x O' h5 c"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.; t2 \7 h7 F' |# k( q
) _7 Z! X( W/ M ~6 N/ \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. & u% H) j2 _& X: d: r0 Z
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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! k' ?& H% w% j2 hMeanwhile 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. 0 w) X- p) @& P
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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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2 o: X6 j; u2 t0 X, I4 {8 k# q8 P$ GBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 7 i7 W! ~0 S% f3 c1 J
( a( b6 D/ f+ n, M"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. / o; x' Y: [5 ?7 _& ?9 D9 Z8 L3 _5 k
9 f' F' Z. r$ v- V6 c"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.4 a. B! I: w6 \9 C$ y( C
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