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; }. I- y1 ?- {* d5 C& Hthank you for the news,
! T+ i2 p) [$ p) j6 q# U+ g8 l; ci have some news from toronto too..., x% ]/ U w* r, J# E# `
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
6 F3 R$ T7 I! L+ xthese are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado5 j2 O. ]6 s, s- q
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. S( n+ ?" l8 x! t% M0 H2 ~8 z7 b- qthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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- P5 y+ q" I+ l( A, a. CResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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) a0 e# z' c4 PTORONTO (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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7 n4 k' a0 D, V8 B0 L# a+ C! tThe 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.6 J: b; y$ q9 w1 {9 B6 K
0 c( D( }7 h: B. ^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."
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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.. c1 {9 T7 m0 M4 X+ s8 F0 M8 B0 D
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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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# ~' L) _3 w" Q+ b \"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."$ t6 o$ i4 T0 O" J# H# {; v; ?
* w. e, F# J# n3 l4 I9 Z" i% |: ROn Friday, a state of emergency was declared in the community of Centre Wellington, which includes Fergus, after the storm got out of hand.8 v& f- \& B0 q4 _5 G
" \' |1 f: c; H+ I. S4 tAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.8 O5 Y% A: d, [/ y3 E6 p7 L
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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."
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; G: }0 s: v/ z Z. C% uFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.* ]6 i/ Y! c! W! ?
( B( B. |% }9 I1 a4 YThey 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.: P4 H: I6 E! {0 B1 L# ]' L
# ^. g+ A1 h' }2 K"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., f5 k; S' | a4 L% o
9 v$ N* P; g7 a/ w' ~& r# zCoulson 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.% q* Q- S7 A# S* h: [) s
1 q" c2 ^; `0 z- e6 Z9 J# F4 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." ?5 R' c, w# s4 I) v6 \
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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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7 O g x/ b! H/ ^/ C4 AMeanwhile 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. ( b" y- J5 N- ]: ~3 `
1 ?9 Z, c! I: k2 {1 b7 _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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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. 4 E) j3 @- w" |- q4 Z0 P: l! r" ]
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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. 3 i. T, B+ \$ H Y
7 m) J+ }/ B- v& _) }"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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