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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. 2 b6 @2 O8 T O1 w
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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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4 }0 t9 i3 Q9 E- Q$ v5 W% }! _. HSeveral 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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8 x0 M8 W- U* {9 i" j* MHailstones 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.
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5 k" h0 _) m4 G- J0 R# P0 f# F) E* j"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., A" v, R" ~/ W* E9 U$ J
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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.
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@1 b( d4 B- i! p( M"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% \$ m# E0 T' nThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.' I" L* I) m& r- s+ N
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.. e1 k. F- `/ q1 I
+ J) L5 w% f( b"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.0 f2 h2 W+ p- ?5 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.7 Z2 M/ w3 j% n* F- k8 J* M
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