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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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+ \0 b: C: z2 f; ?& f) h1 E+ [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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2 H3 j4 c3 d$ I. o! r% S6 NSeveral 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.* ^: K% P( W$ M" y7 z7 @ H
$ m8 b2 g3 t3 V3 E% DHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.+ ~/ f% u6 g1 C, e
5 }1 y; s: }/ x8 K6 ~Wade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.; i1 z% d; f( U! d H* n
4 R0 x% L; V/ g, ~- g$ w9 b H( R8 i"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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! `8 e( `- p3 u. }2 f9 M" ~High River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.3 _ |' ` B+ r: ^
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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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"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."3 m2 t6 c* O" x, m
& P- d6 J! {2 b' f( N4 U! K# e# NThe campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.( J& d% }' j% N- J
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers./ x* R1 t; d& t4 b& z( h, M
3 |% l# ?2 I7 k" u"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.
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