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thank you for the news,
6 k; ~9 U" H" t: ] J) c9 U5 v( Xi have some news from toronto too...( I" z- W1 w" X& Y! B0 _( C) Q
2 S, V& _1 u4 }8 ?0 b \1 Wtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
F% c$ T. v/ [8 x. e) O5 d! Qthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday." t( V/ }+ ~9 f9 W7 u
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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. P* {+ n" ?' T7 F$ i Othe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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$ @7 O' ]9 ^9 Z# @7 a8 P4 e! a- S9 zResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ( v# c6 ^5 J' q/ w2 @8 X; A% ?0 j# t
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.. Q* e. u4 w6 H
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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.
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"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.". z; g* H5 p+ q9 i6 T3 o# z
1 p4 w# C; F" i u6 z+ CA 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."' T* `' ^ q/ F' B) J6 S
7 W3 \, y% Z( f3 HOn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.9 F4 y. a9 M! m9 ~! P6 U* V
+ x6 J5 T$ e" G5 f3 MAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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0 P" J$ E7 n [/ ]5 ^& E* A5 `# \"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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" Q) N( h& h# q p* f! ^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.: H' v: t4 P/ E& Q) r ~. I0 H6 U
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"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.
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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.( |3 P) {7 [4 l+ _
0 Y5 Q' [4 b$ VCoulson 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." ]1 E8 \( M* W- h
1 K, X4 i( N3 S6 r4 X. G"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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3 l, G/ p! ^7 |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.
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/ L4 J( j, z5 mMeanwhile 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. 7 C8 p2 Z s) z; A
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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 |) L( v7 A$ q. V8 e3 HBut 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. ^8 q* P6 Y# z
4 U: G' @4 E7 p- w7 x0 D"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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