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thank you for the news, - j4 O* e" a" ^5 N2 m) C! t1 s1 j+ k
i have some news from toronto too...4 e+ W, h; s) M4 ? @
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado# R4 e8 y( ^+ y D* d0 z* Z
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T. |; V" C( E4 B7 |* J; p! U' Jthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.; D9 M2 R( h% U7 f6 Z# b
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9 G, E# b) b0 T6 m7 V4 \Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado ; {3 X/ h2 o* k) d1 e! e
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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1 _$ K3 T0 K( u3 j' aThe 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.8 h) p. p& S- _4 _
- C& j7 r! x4 i/ [* M9 cIt 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."
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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.
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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.$ @% {' V8 A4 O0 B7 R3 n9 I
& B: Q, z6 U# W9 s9 k"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. Y. V1 m* F* ^) \
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Amidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said." e4 p" a* l& H- W6 m
4 {; h4 Z* Y7 Z1 O: ~; P: l4 j"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.") G& O, {: E0 G J. v4 _! }
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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.9 F2 f" g* |# l; s$ }
% Q# m4 ^ m5 t% W% G/ MThey 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.( w3 s+ a; l8 R5 ]$ w9 [7 k7 M
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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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$ ^" L2 h; a! O- xOfficials 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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a! `( g9 C; H/ U, e5 E2 kAided 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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' h, `9 s4 c8 JCoulson 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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) A+ x8 ]" h! c7 R$ y0 h+ D"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; V6 V" [1 b3 A/ rThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said.
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" n+ W4 Q' b1 M* ^3 u* Q7 Z" kMeanwhile 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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# R1 L( ]" |9 S/ U6 iDuring 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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" _0 Y) F/ F" OBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 1 \ h3 c0 h' w% Y/ E* M) p
6 g6 C8 ^) u/ S9 S3 r4 w; ]"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.* P6 Z. ?1 b+ ~( L
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