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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.% d, Y( H, B7 _
`, d+ `6 v1 X: dSeveral 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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& u* T5 o) L1 ~; R6 x$ aHailstones 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." o9 U; E$ s! D% A8 A
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"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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6 _& w- Q9 b4 e) JHigh 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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: V& v% a. z2 X1 d% \! i' TShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.
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# m9 ~* h* ?" l- \"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."* h3 j8 p* a3 a7 o6 @- L
& j& E8 J& L7 G5 I( o. RThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.
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9 U2 i1 V% @4 V( K% p8 Z" IBertha 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./ j# V5 n" w" O6 K& k6 L1 `4 P- ~
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