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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.
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% ]1 c% `5 A: U& ^ r" K5 {- VSeveral 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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, [1 a+ V& }3 vHailstones fell in several communities, with the largest hitting High River, Airdrie and Irricana.
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$ N: f- u* S9 G) LWade 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."3 s1 E. ^: I. X% g l1 B& d
+ N+ s: c+ C5 H/ C% `( |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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6 ], L# B, X( B: q% Y% G% o4 WShannon 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.. ~- d7 ~+ F) \; r2 o; D; B
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Bertha Taks, who helps run the campground, said the storm knocked down trees, damaging three trailers.
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) ]# {& s: V9 P- J1 W" T& f"The rain was in sheets, you could see it just blowing," she said.
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. Z1 L' j; |) |"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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