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) R. w2 K1 g2 B4 g8 C9 ~thank you for the news,
. w+ |# K1 N* N, A) Ni have some news from toronto too...; ]5 _2 z( l7 f! S% G
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.3 ]( Y2 b7 _2 ~! q" W3 r) k
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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5 M1 Q3 W: C5 g5 s# @southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado: O1 p) }+ t, A
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3 K9 P$ ]2 W. Z: V* ^) `" Ithe 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
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7 g5 b% N& N0 u$ P2 Z* q) TTORONTO (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 I3 }' x" G3 Q& yThe 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.* f# s6 C+ I& A. A* H' Q
' i) F9 S- j) L* O2 w0 n( 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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. K" p' F1 u! f/ c"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."
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8 q$ c# S+ q) y8 H3 y" a6 {% i) aA 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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& G; O& ^- I# E0 _+ Y: C9 X& 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.. A, X7 n2 Q# `( F& F
3 E1 R( B( x) U. s"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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On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.! N& I( `' K% `9 I! i
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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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.$ w- ?6 d0 l9 P O7 [
2 w0 E- f0 ~7 y2 l8 s' wThey 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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: v7 H( w: S7 @0 B; p, I# \' B) h"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"! C( z1 E- S, t7 M0 ?. a
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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.5 Z- U; [! J: H6 |$ C! z
" J0 A3 l2 x' E! [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.. x) d* ]$ q; P( L. F( K0 c$ V
3 ^" H1 H4 E5 @: M! wCoulson 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/ L& e4 s+ H"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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: g! ]3 R. H9 X3 nDue 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. " b% F. C% B& E5 ]; Z( k* t
6 m( Q& P9 d1 T/ I0 p0 jMeanwhile 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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0 |2 u y) j: Y8 _ NDuring 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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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. . l* U& _% y7 X5 Z
: k5 m7 T: J4 k"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., @: i" o1 q5 I f" L) y
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