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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./ G! u6 ^) \; j4 {6 Q
$ _5 ~0 F) Z n+ ySeveral 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 G, h& J' {/ ZHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.
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* o' x# k* S% f5 _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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"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., `8 x, n/ T' C8 y9 u- x
! q+ U* r9 j4 P/ j- H) Q& ["It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."/ Q( m" B5 m6 j( @# T8 e. w
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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.! |. s2 W7 F& t+ P: w% k, _+ W% r; K
. O. w4 T6 W* E! C) @"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.' S7 z! I" A+ t- E
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