hailstorm

Authorities in the Aude department in south-west France cancelled the third stage of the Vuelta a Espana cycling race in the area after a hailstorm in the French Pyrenees forced riders to seek shelter.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

"Or a big hailstorm in September and then the insurance will reimburse us," he joked.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 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

He finished the regular season strong after giving up a hailstorm of home runs early, posting a 3.09 earned-run average with 75 strikeouts in 81⅔ innings over his last 15 starts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

Soon it started raining; then came a hailstorm.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

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

With climate change now hitting Italy's winemakers with everything from more droughts to bigger hailstorms, Mr Pasqua says that other wineries are now going down the non-vintage route, or at least considering it.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025

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

Floods and hailstorms in Italy, Greece and central eastern European countries inflicted a 3.7-percentage point hit to Generali's combined ratio in the nine months through September.

From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2023

Hailstones and hailstorms differ in different climates, but they are more pronounced in the torrid than in the temperate zone.

From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Elisha Gray