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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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. W) c3 q h% T( O) uEnvironment 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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Several 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.3 g) N' n& m2 @. W
|5 h3 F+ K+ SHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.
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9 @. \+ W/ z, A; L& wWade Nelson, who lives on a ranch near High River, said he got his vehicle into his garage just in time.
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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."- E7 d5 V1 w1 q3 v$ Q' l
- A& Z6 y7 i; qHigh 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.$ t, J4 T4 n' O5 s" S+ F r3 _
1 q+ y% ]* T% E9 b; @. ^9 A"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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& e7 m# T$ W2 S% \4 ~The campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.+ a7 K- U: E2 g2 Z! ]3 N
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.2 ?* S# u& \0 @
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"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.
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( p* d! ]* |3 W' S9 g, Z"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.+ z5 V) G9 ~; M+ N* I
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