hailstorm

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Recent Examples of hailstorm Extreme hailstorms can lead to loss of visibility, unreliable air data or engine failure, and the best way to avoid them is to rely on weather radars. Jenny Gross, New York Times, 22 May 2025 Most hailstorms contain a variety of hailstone sizes, but only the largest ones pose a significant threat to people caught outside. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 16 May 2025 While wildfires grab attention, hail is even more destructive in Colorado, causing homeowner insurance rates to increase when hailstorms destroy roofs. Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 May 2025 When a sudden hailstorm rolled through Oklahoma recently, one lucky pup thought all her dreams had come true—and over 1.7 million people have shared in her joy. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hailstorm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hailstorm
Noun
  • Here are tips on how to stay safe during a thunderstorm: To minimize risk of being struck by lightning, when going outside, have a plan to get to a safer place.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
  • This summer also has been notable for its lack of monsoonal moisture — weather that can cause uncomfortably high humidity and trigger thunderstorms in the local mountains.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Central Texas in particular is prone to intense rainstorms.
    Alyson Hurt, NPR, 8 July 2025
  • Flash floods can make this hike dangerous, especially in the spring or after rainstorms.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • In just the past few months, FEMA has denied federal assistance for devastating floods in West Virginia and a destructive windstorm in Washington.
    Jeremy Lindenfeld, ProPublica, 9 July 2025
  • In January 2008, for example, a powerful windstorm generated waves over 30 feet tall and gusts near 100 mph, according to weather service.
    Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Wildwood offers all the things that Floridians love, including good weather, golf, fishing, lakeside living, excellent dining, charming shops, and activities for the whole family.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
  • For more than a decade, he's been covering breaking news and weather, daily topics, stories from the Native community and more in Minnesota.
    WCCO Staff, CBS News, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • But none of that potential bad news, or a spring cloudburst, could dampen the recent celebration of the park’s 50th birthday held at a Minneapolis brewery by the Voyageurs Conservancy – which was founded a decade before the park opened, and works to connect more people to Voyageurs.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 June 2025
  • The Yankees scored twice before the cloudburst to stake a 4-2 lead.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Colorado homeowners face the growing threat of wildfires, hailstorms, wind and snowstorms.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
  • Hundreds of vehicles were stranded in high snow on Lake Shore Drive during the record snowstorm.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Martin takes off with long-time friend Steve, who is driving cross-county in a blizzard to California.
    Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 6 July 2025
  • The family of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, killed on Jan. 29, 2022 during a blizzard, is still searching for justice this week, days after jurors cleared his ex-girlfriend Karen Read of homicide charges.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025

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