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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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@9 `# m# O! n8 c4 [/ wSeveral 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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! {) T2 s7 o+ }; A- e$ }6 HHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.4 J9 Y; ]! G3 I. ]) V7 |. u
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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.! l7 t N& z7 j% w
6 C8 z: |7 ^5 {"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.", y& y# v/ P# X1 j2 Z/ p7 }- a! g
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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.; ?& |6 h, R0 o$ u! [. q! I
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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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$ c/ h, l/ v& R6 _3 Q: J1 x" eThe 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.
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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.8 x& d+ w7 S9 L
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