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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.5 w" B: |0 l" T
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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.
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2 e& J7 S. f* C7 d+ h* FHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana./ o+ k* j1 @3 G3 H" ^9 s
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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.3 X+ |2 j# D2 F& x3 E
7 V- H( w0 ~7 O7 B; ?"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."+ H- V! u1 x: s! R% _0 L( D& u; F
$ G& v& W* r* h' D `2 oHigh River resident Bonnie Murray said the fist-sized hail cracked her skylight and took out one of her neighbour's back windows.+ H1 v0 C2 ^' A' M; {1 T
8 ~& {( G/ i KShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.
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b0 l3 g2 A% c"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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9 T- g' ?# U. j) N3 g, K1 }The campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.4 K/ V. s- y f( M7 ]
% X# v, N& Y1 }$ z5 HBertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.1 c% g! A9 m2 o0 C- Y; G; F! q5 X
7 ^# [9 h' z, s"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.4 Q/ A% K1 ^ G, d) r
! b, G1 ~0 C/ I! d8 R/ }"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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