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6 N) p7 Z$ @% Pthank you for the news,
2 u _: N2 D' {/ V# Ri have some news from toronto too...7 j1 T. b7 {: u: L2 ^
! Z) r6 [4 ?# ^* Dtoronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.
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, G& K/ S, k* ~; M u" o, V4 Nsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado% [3 f1 @& Y. }7 F1 ?1 |0 ]$ p
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! t& \. E6 f8 Uthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.
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" O" u' f# h3 b, IResidents of southern Ontario town pick up pieces after confirmed tornado
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' S9 O6 x2 z- YTORONTO (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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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.. t# e- v( s1 v% H! k, P
" H7 F( X9 J* s2 V, A' vIt 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.( J$ z1 a1 }/ s3 ^& B
3 m& i- z4 |2 o* W"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."! \+ k; p; v% L2 y% H* ]
/ U; g/ N1 ~7 [: N5 B3 E4 {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.% ^) m, }6 P& d8 q8 U
7 d# M) t/ T# ~" TElsewhere 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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& K3 d/ \8 r* H" T1 B+ m0 \4 h"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."; i2 m/ @7 y' k. o3 }" M: L: n
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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.
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2 O ]. |6 \% NAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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( n. W1 K9 K" G8 y6 J% Z; d"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.
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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.* G% o) Y9 P Y- p
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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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' N7 E8 N7 Z- t) t6 g" uOfficials continued studying the aftermath in other areas of southern Ontario Saturday afternoon, trying to determine if other regions were hit by tornadoes. X/ p* P8 V2 L, b8 Y+ I* z, D4 N
8 R" _3 Q5 T$ U @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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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.) | v. a8 g8 b, `
7 @3 L# `0 |- J, Q; z"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.9 B5 }2 }" d) |( C
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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. & t; k+ \3 @5 Q$ t. w) G- y* c
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& F$ y0 Z) ]( A5 m! {! b9 P0 E, r/ E% ]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. $ G6 H5 \! V2 \, {6 m
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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.
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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. 5 k J @1 T- m( `, a' b
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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.6 ?0 J& c9 z/ e) u& j& j+ N( P5 x
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