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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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1 g- p. |/ D8 {! E- b sSeveral 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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, Q& C2 k( ]$ i- `& OHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana./ [8 c) p6 f+ Q
6 l1 K& o6 M+ H+ l! g* S1 RWade 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 u. v/ W+ R$ d* q"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.# }5 \: _1 j( S; G8 @7 f
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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.! n% ~& Q# b- S0 a
% a: e! O7 d1 [ |1 }- f"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."4 P5 [/ `2 p$ w* }( F
# Y% V9 ^# d/ c+ B* kThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.( [( r' a6 v& C2 r: g/ f
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.
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, E+ J, r7 W; v4 b7 T; G"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.) Z3 `4 U6 F9 _4 ~
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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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