Article 5QXFC ‘Like snow’: freak hail storms batter Australia’s east coast

‘Like snow’: freak hail storms batter Australia’s east coast

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Royce Kurmelovs
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Coffs Harbour cops a hammering as shopping centre ceiling collapses; Australia records its largest ever hailstone

Freak storms across the east coast of Australia have damaged buildings and pounded cities with hail the size of grapefruit.

The largest hailstone ever to fall in Australia - a whopping 16cm in diameter - was recorded in Queensland after heavy storms hammered the Mackay region on Tuesday afternoon.

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