hailstorm
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"Typically, if you go through a hailstorm or if you hit a large enough bird, the external ply will crack," says Vermont.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A kooky hailstorm in late May, a heat wave in June, followed by ruthlessly ripping winds, delayed the opening by days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
A chorus of boos—boo-birds were on this team all afternoon—pummeled the field like a hailstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
On Saturday, a rare tornado and a hailstorm swept neighboring Guangzhou city, a production hub in southern China, killing five and injuring 33.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
The rough exterior was the result of a hailstorm in Oklahoma two weeks ago.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Now, hailstorms, wildfires and wind damage are hammering places once thought to be shielded from the worst rate hikes, a Wall Street Journal analysis of premiums and natural disasters nationwide found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Spain has been hit by torrential rain and hailstorms, triggering flash flooding across multiple regions.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
Many areas of the Great Plains were still bracing for bruising hailstorms, as a weeklong string of severe weather continued through the holiday weekend.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
“Ten years ago the narrative was we would have less hailstorms under a changing climate,” says Katja Friedrich, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 11, 2023
At long intervals Cuba has been visited by brief hailstorms, and persons who tell you this will add, "but we never have known it in our day."
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou
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