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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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# ]0 e/ f: I0 @+ dSeveral 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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9 c# Q1 U: Z0 k G* e9 _2 GWade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time., c* h- ]% N# F Q' A/ H( T
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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."0 K ~" v& _6 G% e/ H
/ o$ }( ^0 \; wHigh 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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3 \! I1 |; Z5 P) u6 m" Y) z2 AShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.# G% z) _! Y6 i; s
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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* f E( B% _3 aThe 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.8 S& z W0 g" G2 h6 n4 {
' @, p) f5 J% L"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said., y( g/ i A) r, r" Z# F* S
& Y! e0 e) Y5 x- z& s6 h, p( ^"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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