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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. 7 `8 c) r2 Z1 S/ o4 j# [3 g8 ^
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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.
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0 S3 Z: r' s, v' N! ^( f4 l ISeveral 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. M+ S" l6 c3 ?5 R }1 W
9 x% r5 E* H: ~, a6 n! ?"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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5 v. N E) H: m5 WHigh 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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' K4 d9 Y8 F0 h& j' B, pShannon Williams was pumping gas in Carstairs when the storm blew into the town, dumping hail the size of golf balls.
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% ]7 Q9 X2 k& X- x5 C( \* A"It is really black, windy and hailing," she told CBC News on Sunday night. "It's looking pretty bad out there."/ J1 Y8 j9 l5 l5 I
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The campground at Crimson Lake Provincial Park west of Rocky Mountain House was hard hit by the storm.) k1 a5 D2 ^, x( T I* |6 o4 u+ R
N% Q" q# ~4 W- F h/ ?1 B, |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.; A7 d; J6 t1 M% b& l+ q# W R* L
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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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