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thank you for the news, 8 f1 [$ \6 I( L3 Z& S
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!!!.. U+ @5 E9 w: Z
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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e) b' F$ d( \" {# Hsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado" E% ], j: l% o+ J8 Q" w
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; n$ b. Q P/ T4 B z0 i- F9 x5 Nthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.% |" A W& S S8 V5 M( W; O
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 1 u. c3 ]" K" ]) x# |: @
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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The 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.# n0 B8 y$ `9 w/ v) ^- ?, x7 W! Y2 X
+ q$ N6 D: z: h9 p' ]"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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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.: ^; M( y& B1 [# y" P$ i7 z
# O, X! T6 W. }2 \# eElsewhere 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 m5 \- B* Y9 E% N% b, q5 y
5 b l A. Z% F) V3 h1 n5 @"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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3 |4 v! ?0 {/ V6 U0 p. S' ?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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z! J- X* o3 _$ S, BAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.* H6 H; Y! A0 W( f6 Q2 a
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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." P# j/ A5 J" i+ _6 r2 f% g
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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.. N* C3 |* {, h
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"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"& w2 Y. v6 y6 |* g2 ~# K% P
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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.7 Z, q; |3 R1 Q6 A
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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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' X; j- Q9 N- ~9 d& cCoulson 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.- z% L8 F- E0 l2 q" H, a
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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.# R8 G0 i9 Z% T" {6 i! n
5 y- _* s# h* ]. F# C+ M) KDue 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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$ a5 _0 l/ s$ S4 S' oThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. # @* x( E- n; I/ R
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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. % i+ r6 u1 {; d+ Q8 O; [* ^
- Z6 S* D/ d$ P2 lDuring 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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" T7 @, Z- `# CBut 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. , n6 R: g5 Z/ d5 @7 K
& U: O2 B; P6 N Z. |) `"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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