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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hailstorms
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This means the El Niño will increase the risks of costly extreme weather events such as tornadoes, winter storms and back-to-back rainstorms that lead to flooding and landslides.
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The teak build can withstand rainstorms and wine spills, while the acrylic cushions can be wiped clean.
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About 100,000 thunderstorms rumble across the United States each year, but just 10% intensify into a severe thunderstorm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.
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The whole experience tasted of the sea and the end of summer, punctuated by soft little cloudbursts on the palate.
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Heavy snowstorms at the turn of the New Year, in February and in April kept the Sierra Nevada’s overall snowfall within five feet of its median snowfall-to-date this water year as of May, according to the Central Sierra Snow Lab.
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After multiple surprise extensions and a few late season snowstorms, Colorado's long and difficult ski season has officially come to a close.
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Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
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The incidents tracked include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and hail.
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“Hailstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hailstorms. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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