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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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/ |' [* \9 E1 S* g" v. KSeveral 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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4 a5 l# P1 R1 j1 M% ? u5 nHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.
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1 B- z7 Z9 b; A+ YWade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.
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: O4 u% w/ s% o1 _"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."% E3 @: Z8 a; N% S; r
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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.- o( l. k4 R3 q c" d
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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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8 s/ X+ K$ E$ Q! F* Y: c"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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The campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.: s& o1 }. ]- z' B
\/ t7 j7 Y! [+ ^Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.
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2 t5 }6 \ j6 L' b" T. g! i"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.6 d. j# Q. L* H, z6 O
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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.5 G8 A* c' Q7 L! T
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