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" h4 j/ T* F0 p4 Ythank you for the news, ) k1 F w [: s% w6 I
i have some news from toronto too...9 `: J& ~" Z, y, N: L" M' T
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toronto was hit by two tornado yesterday. Some place in toronto even 水浸!!!.) U, `# Q: m; _' M
these are pictures from other sites, taken yesterday.
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; T; `3 k; L& g! y- I) h. V! n Gsouthwestern toronto and northern toronto was hit by a tornado
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) `* Y2 v, n! v" w- Jthe southeastern toronto had only a severe storm, no severe damage.3 m( K4 A- m- J9 k- ^
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5 l0 J$ q8 y) [5 Y) ZResidents 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., }, L# T1 Q" y
3 Q0 ?! J$ j- A @ @. c* B" s- U+ [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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/ y. ]( n+ ~ u; E. T! o' OIt 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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0 X0 e( O+ S" [/ }9 |8 ~0 I"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.") e M; t/ @& a2 [/ X* m
1 X0 N. d) `, c% ^4 Z" |- E% RA 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.( k [* m0 t& e
' Q4 z" p$ w% l) z. l. W7 pElsewhere 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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; _3 p9 ]7 b" |7 b0 k. m"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."' J( t2 D2 O5 g& w
1 d7 G, @( L+ v) Z; M hOn 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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4 O- I$ @( @5 MAmidst the wreckage, no serious injuries were reported, provincial police said.
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3 o4 M j2 T) [( E"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.( M; j3 u b% y4 t" m* P
! o3 O9 G- u+ A( G; \* B+ zThey 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.: ^( ~( L, s7 [2 L
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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.) s6 G( h3 k) d0 O6 v
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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.4 J! v& x: c# A) G( L/ J
8 W' |* \$ p$ n! q* V. P3 sDue 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. - @4 e# q* w/ ^. d; N5 G. s9 @
# B0 ?- i) q$ Z+ ?! aThe majority of residents were to have power restored by Saturday night, Welsh said. " V" z E$ e) ^) G8 t
& j8 X+ V$ r8 b1 t& ?: jMeanwhile 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. 7 b% D( U8 q8 w
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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. % [* R/ W: X5 J$ M/ j
5 }+ O% q: ~+ ~: I0 TBut flood waters receded rather rapidly and emergency services were quick to respond. ! B4 f3 p& D% W& M
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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.0 m1 f" \ |/ E% R
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