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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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. l D4 y8 S0 {1 T6 lSeveral 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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Wade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.% ~, P: }* f4 U1 f
0 h9 v j- l) x; x( x"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."3 I+ v! I9 _7 t" u
2 a0 u6 b9 I- a: ~; CHigh 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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* G" y* x ]( M+ d: x6 Q bShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.
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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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% d( ]: T# |2 ~4 a1 G4 t/ cThe 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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4 N) A$ E; i% x# ]+ g" d"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.! N* ~5 S% |5 h' ], q7 j
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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.% B- k/ c( y9 I& h4 A. M5 V
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