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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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/ q4 _8 V' D# b; w: ^; C cEnvironment Canada says hailstones as big as baseballs fell in High River, Airdrie and Irricana Sunday night as severe thunderstorms swept through central Alberta.2 u/ C% j+ U6 `. q2 l
# d$ i3 T1 H8 O ?) _& U4 m. jSeveral 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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3 g- ]* w4 E$ H! Q# S+ c, pHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.$ F' N% P. A! t, I
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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.3 s5 D9 K( S: D- |4 j
' J3 A% X/ h9 r5 K- ?/ 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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7 [+ f* s1 k' ]0 @$ d: FShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.
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$ k7 e" W0 D5 e7 X# w"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there.": v% `+ f4 P& e* w
: ?7 d1 X- i, a2 Z4 ~% NThe 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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6 W( ^1 [4 y# @) \2 ["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./ D2 ]7 r7 H+ h( L! t. R
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