Hailstones as big as Mangos
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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