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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. e5 E8 g4 _$ \
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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.5 h" B, @: [0 I Z
8 S# T; ^' T, C/ z! q5 pSeveral 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.6 \0 W8 ~ P4 @1 @) |' y
6 I( Z% R; o0 Z- E, YHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.' y# ~! Q. K- z, Q
1 W, w: p- v( I6 n0 WWade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.8 ]3 j3 k. B7 k, |6 ~
* u; R8 C8 w$ ?. D( \3 v2 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."
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. e3 k/ g: E7 ]8 A) r+ t) l" F, 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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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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& `0 K' j1 P6 \2 H"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."' J. c* f0 I0 ^
9 ~" b) k: Z S6 bThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.
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' K9 J1 I3 L$ F8 w6 T6 lBertha 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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"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.( A# A* ~7 d5 H D
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