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星期日晚上,一阵棒球大小的冰雹阿尔伯塔省的中心地区落下, 伴随着严重的暴风雨.
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- P1 r$ @) G7 yEnvironment Canada says hailstones as big as baseballs fell in High River, Airdrie and Irricana Sunday night as severe thunderstorms swept through central Alberta.
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Several tornado warnings were issued Sunday night. Environment Canada's weather office said several people reported funnel clouds, including one that touched down briefly near Olds.9 W4 V! j" E O% l y+ `
' \& ^: W0 {/ c4 ]0 xHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.3 X! X7 B* q ~
9 F/ i1 G8 K! ?0 j7 Z* PWade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.
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6 \- X, g8 t2 o/ m7 L# Q0 [8 V"It was quite the show. They were like the size of a hockey puck," he said. "They were sure hitting the windshield pretty hard. Like artillery coming down."
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2 m* H1 x+ C1 ]High River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.
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- P/ l$ H* G( \# h/ pShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls., O! ]& s9 B$ f. u7 {8 Q7 E3 W
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"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there.", k* V0 t2 o' ^+ B# \
# Y5 ]9 f0 w* c: xThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm. s4 b( q+ j/ Y$ ^4 O- T
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.) d/ D' l. d' Y4 k
, a% B7 r* s, a7 I"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.
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"We had people coming in our store and saying we've got trees down, trees on our trailers, and trees across the road," she said.
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