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thank you for the news,
, P! n: b. u9 u1 Bi have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
; E8 u5 \7 Y+ V! Rthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.) [7 `" k9 k' I, ~3 K3 T
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4 d; R7 v2 u% L; Hsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado! z; B- h4 m+ c1 r$ u" ~
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Z! r# f# D# J- X pthe 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 ' F! u K1 f9 b7 e U
by: PAUL CHOI
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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.
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4 i# ~' V# N" K( ^* w% U5 fThe 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.& D# \7 _- S3 G
' X4 O; p/ b/ l! x6 Y; [* 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.
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: |. g; H* z. X2 J2 C$ R2 M! F"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."- p ?7 \7 ~5 {2 N+ |
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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.9 T# t5 w6 t1 W! J% I
8 U8 b% T+ h/ X3 J6 \& FElsewhere 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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: p, ?$ v7 v. ~"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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" [( ~! o! D. B# f: IOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand. n' X3 A4 W; V
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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& Q' [; S4 ^* s j! T0 z5 L! N6 T"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."* E. O$ A) u" ?, G! ^- N
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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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2 m7 @2 d6 [+ v2 K$ fThey 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.0 D7 O* ` _5 `
3 f/ o4 q9 ~8 x, x: ~! `"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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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.$ ]$ D- o9 E* M: q5 d- Q
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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.
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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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o) {* G2 _+ X5 w% p, o"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.8 }1 s. o& P; F, L- G
) N- `; }0 _8 e" h; G1 m' q# t) ODue 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. 6 W& o9 @, n7 T9 T5 S
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The 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. {: g" a, Q8 Y9 [* [
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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. ( f& J- @( o* L# U, R0 w1 C) m
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ' i+ W9 D& `$ m! W) B
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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. & k1 M9 G. ~5 f& R
1 l( i G, A b& |! V! L4 ]( \! U"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.
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