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thank you for the news, / L7 V8 n- h7 ^: c9 K, J5 z! V( `
i have some news from toronto too...
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! \/ d7 ~# y5 w" b, `& ttoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
" Z. e: v+ j% t& ]these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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; r& l# g Y& r+ Psouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.! y7 c1 k: E' s: s7 h
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Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 2 _6 O$ z6 M; d1 t F8 k+ t
by: PAUL CHOI
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^+ v1 c. z) W( {! R$ OTORONTO (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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* s; R9 F0 y1 j3 ^1 C. `: A! KIt 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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3 C) G7 Q( \ l3 z6 x! A W"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.9 d/ j1 W8 x8 W, q
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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."
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: A0 h5 C2 v) ~On Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.5 V% j; f( C; e2 @- E P+ I! x
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.2 M; c7 s5 k8 M8 w6 i
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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."& }7 \+ ]# R6 s- A" Z
# b3 s% g8 W! G1 ]" dFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window./ i, I$ V" m: }# c a" S6 c% K
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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.
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( [) i% |; |( a( E/ f9 q1 b% E"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.6 ~& T9 t$ C6 E0 T; G) A) x1 j
% B: X% Q) w1 d! F( @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.1 }* o' g6 L- R2 w& T1 J7 D* B1 M
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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.
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8 M4 G3 |9 T& Z- z* ZDue 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. 3 @! q8 H% u, w4 Q: I% x
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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. , t- H. _8 I# }
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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.
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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. 3 i6 ~! M/ t, N- b
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' Y& {$ t k" w. d% H"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.
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"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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