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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.' K) m, v5 f2 A; {% h' g$ ?! D
9 a* n$ M7 q4 t2 \4 X, @0 l! 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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Hailstones 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.6 w+ y9 O/ \( Z. q# T& B
0 Z m7 ^' [# U6 I; d: x"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."& S4 h1 n+ o% J7 _' F0 ?5 L
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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.
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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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/ f \( e% x0 i* W. K. y9 l) `1 VBertha 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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2 w! H" @8 Y2 Q' ~9 y$ s0 v' \"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.9 B$ x/ o" R/ u$ g9 c
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