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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.
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+ r* H& V& b0 {1 v& XSeveral 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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5 J5 q0 X( p! i& a3 RHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.- U, c9 D! }( j" f" Q- a3 c
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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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4 E5 ? x9 a- i: t j6 g0 ~"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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0 h* P f. B% s+ [" D+ UHigh River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.8 F' D" y- e1 y' l
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Shannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.
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* T" ]% l6 m) Y+ O" L) A7 q- E% O"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."; c, a- K2 f; E6 {' ~, H6 f
1 l+ o& [& w7 K" o7 t3 ^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./ G- O5 V. K4 h' G% D! b& K
: _# `! n. z1 z3 M" N; T" G"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.# k: a& Q2 c2 \& S2 g7 G0 J2 W- }3 A
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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.1 G$ K' ^7 S' U2 M; S( A* a
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