Hail as Big as Tennis Balls, Softballs and Eggs Fell in Alberta: Environment Canada

Hail as Big as Tennis Balls, Softballs and Eggs Fell in Alberta: Environment Canada
Damage to a car is shown after a hailstorm near Innisfail, Alta. in a Aug.1, 2022, handout photo. The Canadian Press/Matt Berry/Arktos Graphics
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Matt Berry was driving home after golfing Monday evening when cloudy skies quickly turned into a rare storm that dropped hail the size of softballs, caving in his windshield and leaving about 150 dents in his car.

“I was getting covered in shards of glass,” the graphic designer said as he recalled the moment he pulled over on a country road to take cover while driving from Innisfail, Alta., to his home in Red Deer, Alta.