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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.% E# `# f0 r4 Q4 f9 O! ^9 g: C
! ^3 J* X }! vSeveral 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.# D& z. E! v, E$ ?4 e* @. ]
" l+ z2 { x* ^9 b' r% OHailstones 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.
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1 W5 ^9 o2 `9 y0 L4 Y8 ~( ["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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3 c6 R4 a1 c7 Q' }8 uHigh River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.* e( P. f1 o7 M
6 b9 @9 k" T9 r! o. x0 \, l4 z1 b/ yShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.8 n8 W6 ~! j8 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."
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The campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.
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"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said. U" S* r. a9 ~+ o5 P8 {
" u& f! [6 ~9 D# N" G% t"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. C& u4 x! I# E# L3 b8 ?
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