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hailstorms

  • plural
    of hailstorm.
    hailstorm
    noun
    a storm with hail.

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Now, hailstorms, wildfires and wind damage are hammering places once thought to be shielded from the worst rate hikes, a Wall Street Journal analysis of premiums and natural disasters nationwide found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Much of the country has been badly hit by heavy rain and hailstorms, triggering rapid flooding across multiple areas.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024

Many areas of the Great Plains were still bracing for bruising hailstorms, as a weeklong string of severe weather continued through the holiday weekend.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2024

Floods and hailstorms in Italy, Greece and central eastern European countries inflicted a 3.7-percentage point hit to Generali's combined ratio in the nine months through September.

From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2023

Frequent hailstorms of great violence are a peculiar feature of the climate.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam