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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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. D+ m8 B: W- J5 ]6 q! eEnvironment 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 W8 |3 O: b+ v( {' t6 f3 OSeveral 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.- C @9 x) Q' d; t4 M& C( o
% ~) s/ c/ h! P4 B( p# W# g0 }* rHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.* C7 e Y) |& I z1 o
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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.
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/ `1 m" s" _0 z8 s" p: n d"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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# @4 C, ^) U: h! ?6 |High 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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"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.
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Bertha 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., _( t$ R X/ z! q; q" S
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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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