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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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/ @* K" t$ y6 F2 x& e! E) NEnvironment 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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2 J3 e! Q+ }' Q% GSeveral 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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Hailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.
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# p" X9 ]* V/ S' y: p) l1 pWade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.$ @# y" V' M: Q
& l" M) J9 `; L( n) p/ m"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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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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Shannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.4 ^( R( W' m) k! r1 H, k7 Z' h: i/ m
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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."6 _' u# ~! Q, l5 r
- i# Q4 t6 K+ P2 v4 rThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.
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, Z" {5 i/ G' O9 N! G$ MBertha 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." \4 [. r2 N8 L1 |# a, T
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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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