Hailstones as big as Mangos

Image:Image: Shutterstock – Ben Romalis

Insurance companies gear up for it and panel beaters do some of their best business thanks to the Hail storms that form along our coastline.

A new record for Hail was notched up in Queensland this month with a diameter of 16 cm near Mackay.

Where are the hail hotspots and how does hail happen?

 

Produced By: Roderick Chambers

Featured In Story: Dr Joshua Soderholm – Australian Bureau of Meteorology

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 27 October 2021