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* G' X" ? }/ x' u2 q% @thank you for the news,
4 ?# C) B5 `# O9 q4 y1 si have some news from toronto too...
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.! C v1 f' @' D- O# j+ D, F7 R
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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) Z0 V# N k- {0 asouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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8 b2 j/ @$ `* ~! ~( xthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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* B; {1 j5 X/ \Residents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 6 w; U- T% K: G$ [9 m V
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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 D, t4 V- p6 rThe 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."# ] X; H& [$ }3 ]7 @- `
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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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: O) M6 @* f aElsewhere 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.( f3 W' \" R9 q1 ~" m
& \, o v7 ~: N"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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% r( b8 ?' K2 ^: G$ T3 jOn 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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; b8 J( R \& h; Y# y1 tAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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: T% x9 _) ?5 H- i2 A, k9 Q"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.! \3 }* e0 O- H# H& a
5 t* V3 W$ h7 u2 X) I( }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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: m# T: z5 ^: ]/ U2 @7 o"We were selling this house," he said. "It was for our retirement. Who would want to buy my house now?"
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6 s" \! d% A ?! `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.
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! a# a* q& ]% c' uCoulson 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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"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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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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The majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. + N& Z' q8 ]7 J0 U% s. D: U' d
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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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9 t4 `; ?( |4 `$ W3 Q" E4 hDuring 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. / E3 E7 o, a( o1 U5 L
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# O+ W: M/ O. ?"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.' ~ S4 P( [+ `
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