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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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Environment Canada says hailstones as big as baseballs fell in High River, Airdrie and Irricana Sunday night as severe thunderstorms swept through central Alberta.5 }% I3 @& V, f! _4 }& e% @& l
( L) r4 J, H- q4 cSeveral 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.
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9 Z! g% {! [$ H5 T1 `- [+ [Hailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.
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Wade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.6 u& G7 d- C0 }
$ A3 |. `- O& S$ H"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.". a K) ^" e. f; V- \- a
) Y' O; F0 N7 `5 ^* Z* E" T: Y' V* HHigh River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.6 |# M& R* k1 C
- G4 j9 p ?( P7 R. ?4 z% ] rShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.3 ]5 C- }, \1 }3 e1 N9 W3 ?% ]9 v
- l7 g/ e% d$ X* b8 v' p+ |"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."0 O! `( e; y: C, r. V
. E. [; }6 t* _ _" m* _The campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.. b1 U% B4 L: o7 i& ]& V" A0 s8 t
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.# P- v6 f8 {% V4 U
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"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.
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/ O2 S3 B6 a- M% a3 y"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.9 G( [+ L' t ~1 R; q/ e) N3 d+ @
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