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thank you for the news, 8 Z1 ^% a, k* Y; i3 ? h
i have some news from toronto too...
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. Q. y% H' G% Z$ J; Otoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.2 P3 J& L+ b$ y" R* \6 @( t# v
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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southwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado4 n( E. F' t/ @+ A* R
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the southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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' }: W: X! }* H/ x9 SResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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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.6 J8 Q8 Z& L' Y3 M+ X
' V; \: }# h. Z: ?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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9 j& f8 v) e4 O" f& T: f! ~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.1 [/ N* W" ^1 u. Z4 O1 ^
$ ]/ z5 s5 \% J"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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$ C8 w# d! r% b: E' g/ hElsewhere 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.! f# R; K- R/ M& e+ ^* Y; O
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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."+ N+ i1 o: B0 o( m
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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. v' I$ @5 `5 O8 e( Y4 t1 x
9 h. |! E3 H7 u- \1 BAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.$ L1 w* N% {% ?/ _4 O- ^6 T: [% j* `
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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."; q. ?6 W8 l* Q a+ e
4 h0 _% i- l7 Z0 g+ J5 V4 E# CFergus resident Klaus Doerig and his wife, Judy, were at home when the skies turned menacingly grey and tree limbs began flying past their window.: U% c# ^: J9 b5 @ s! m
- N& @; t0 J5 B6 R( IThey 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.8 s* Y8 c6 H! p
/ H( `: ]: ?- ~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.. t& f7 @& e# H0 X) i( ?6 ?
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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.; d7 b5 o* u2 \1 m' @! a" V: Z
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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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* r( z" k8 Y3 _8 V3 Y# oThe 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. * s U7 f1 \0 v2 l) ~
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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. $ {; C4 [0 o5 R. x# d7 c
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But flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond.
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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.
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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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