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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. ! l2 D" B) }3 g
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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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( [8 q0 m% y0 K/ Q [$ USeveral 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.! S1 A7 k* b1 Y! ? x
$ F0 a, ]* Z& U, [. zHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana." c3 j" g, y* C: V. h" s% _( Q
# }9 f9 p) m3 S: W: u* R$ D$ NWade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.
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! \" {$ x6 r' o" [. t1 n"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."& t. R0 P0 w" q0 x5 W1 x' |
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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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0 D# a& I2 j6 B IShannon 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."0 w/ U" I5 h% X& Y9 x
5 c. D+ k5 g \0 a4 }0 E/ Q4 a: YThe 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.$ U1 `4 r- u' A
( G% {1 d( w: ]0 ?# l0 \"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.& u) P4 o7 D( H K
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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.
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