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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.4 Q1 x5 t$ H: J' |( Y+ p9 u) C: i
7 K1 v: C8 b2 E! a% ?3 Y& G7 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./ Y7 R9 b3 ~1 p0 V
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Hailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.+ d4 w! U6 K# |5 Q
8 f! w7 u9 u+ @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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* v/ f! G# \9 I# y"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."7 W/ T- o, D" t
" {: \) [1 ?! X' I8 x* ~1 hHigh River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.1 p0 g8 p5 r. q+ W# U9 I
& w; N. ]8 t6 V, {Shannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.7 J/ r& q9 t! W/ ]
~0 ~0 W! Q! S"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there.": M: W6 u( ~! P2 u
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The campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.% t- q$ o0 B5 I( ~- v! I
: s0 ^! ]! J3 l- |/ L7 rBertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.4 r) T4 r/ X1 s
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"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.
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. \5 D6 R& g% l9 n% v"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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