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Recent Examples of hailstorm
Travelers were hit with a hailstorm of bullets The shooting rampage began around 5:30 p.m. on September 7 about 9 miles north of London.
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Amy Simonson, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
Overnight, a hailstorm can destroy months of labor invested in a crop.
—Tim Evans, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
The researchers will chase hailstorms the way some do tornadoes and try to deploy mobile Doppler radars and other instruments to capture the storms’ inner physics.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
Travelers got hit with a hailstorm of bullets The shooting rampage started around 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Laurel County, about nine miles north of London, Kentucky.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
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Amy Simonson, CNN, 18 Sep. 2024
Overnight, a hailstorm can destroy months of labor invested in a crop.
—Tim Evans, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
The researchers will chase hailstorms the way some do tornadoes and try to deploy mobile Doppler radars and other instruments to capture the storms’ inner physics.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
Travelers got hit with a hailstorm of bullets The shooting rampage started around 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Laurel County, about nine miles north of London, Kentucky.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hailstorm
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By tonight, the likelihood of rain drops to 60%, with showers likely continuing through the evening hours, possibly accompanied by a thunderstorm.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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On the sixth night Fowler was engulfed by a thunderstorm that blew down his tarp and soaked his sleeping quilt.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent rainstorms have provided some hope that cover crops — planted in autumn to slow erosion of farm fields through the winter — will sprout in time after weeks without precipitation, said Steve Connelly, deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture.Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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Last year, heavy rainstorms washed into the river thousands of tons of debris that took nearly five months to clear and broke several pumps in the sewage system.Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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People feeling squeezed by wages that don’t seem to keep up with rising costs for food, property taxes and windstorm insurance?Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
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The older trees themselves, more exposed in the landscape, could be more vulnerable to windstorms.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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Climate-change fueled extreme weather events are increasing the frequency and intensity of power outages across the U.S., harming communities and disrupting livelihoods.Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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The cold weather may have settled in, but the early Black Friday deals at Amazon are flooded with some spectacular savings.Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
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And with rising temperatures come rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across North America, increasing drought in the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
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And with the climate’s rising temperature comes rising risks: stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic, more severe cloudbursts in storms across the continent, increasing drought on the Great Plains, larger wildfires in the West.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
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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
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Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
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However, the cold snap doesn't appear to be accompanied by any major snowstorms other than in interior New England.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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By the looks of it, however, the odds are good that Texans will not see another historic snowstorm this winter.Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Oct. 2024
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The day began with blue skies and temperatures in the 40s and 50s, but a cold front from Missouri quickly swept into the region, bringing a sudden drop in temperature, strong winds and blizzard conditions.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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The 8-3 Steelers were humbled in a blizzard game against their division rivals that snapped a five-game winning streak.Hannah Vanbiber, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Hailstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hailstorm. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.
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