Sydney and Melbourne will most likely be exposed to more intense hailstorms, tropical cyclones will track further south and bushfire risks will increase in most of Australia as the climate warms, new research shows. The modelling based on a 3 degree temperature rise is contained in a severe weather report to be released on Friday …
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The NSW State Emergency Service is warning Sydneysiders to brace for another damaging storm season this summer as new data reveals the city’s worst-hit suburbs from last year. NRMA Insurance data shows last summer was the most intense storm season in four years, with 61 per cent of all home insurance claims during 2018-19 triggered …
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Hail forms when thunderstorm updrafts are strong enough to carry water droplets well above the freezing level. This freezing process forms a hailstone, which can grow as additional water freezes onto it. Eventually, the hailstone becomes too heavy for the updrafts to support it and the hail falls to the ground. Hail is a form of …