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thank you for the news,
- B9 e! x+ d/ y( e0 A; ^i have some news from toronto too...0 F, {) i M8 ~+ G& b
) T2 u+ _- c3 u2 @! S0 w" g) ?* ttoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
6 @: a' R$ \7 L1 Athese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.4 `% T2 T3 p1 H& Z6 Z5 A! r U5 ?
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% M9 R7 T( }4 l4 Esouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado) N& o0 m+ a' I" C
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.+ Z7 V3 P0 ]4 d; z. g7 k) y" z' \
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6 {$ ~( z/ L3 ]# u) mResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado 9 W6 o9 G$ C- a0 f- R
by: PAUL CHOI
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- p' R' k4 d8 w& t, g/ lTORONTO (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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$ k' o5 f! u/ D% T+ w2 L/ bThe 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.2 V7 [& G: S) c# n5 F
* x% |- @9 Z4 g; u* H v"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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8 h6 @: m( a/ FA 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.. B- N4 X0 s6 R) J. K
i4 {0 ^+ l; O0 ]( q! G% u4 RElsewhere 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."- r) a% Q# N5 c; y3 B7 F
1 ?+ t( u) V- R; r. w6 }: ~# KOn 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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7 Q3 Q: Z2 K% l7 l1 OAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.& \, M2 @0 R6 _3 f
# _& _) U! X3 q% t2 x: s t"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."# f0 P7 Q' Z1 l. {0 A0 d5 q3 W4 {
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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. w# ], y( `6 |' Z0 l1 h7 X
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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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"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.. T9 u* b3 z! A `
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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.
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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." y* S1 v- z# C) b% H0 m2 h4 ], r
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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.
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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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! l# q3 l. t, L( y9 x/ YDuring 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. 6 g; k9 x n9 A) V7 L
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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; {; @) J: N6 J6 G. s( z"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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: X' U" l5 K$ ^6 ^5 e, m6 y8 L"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.& b( r7 E" u( S, b0 z
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