A hailstorm in Australia yesterday is estimated to have caused £21 million of damage. Golf-ball-sized hail carpets a street in Canberra on Monday, in a new twist on Australia's summer of extreme weather. The ‘catastrophic’ storm saw hailstorms ‘the size of cricket …

Australia’s Wild Weather: First Fires, Now Baseball-Size Hail Severe heat and dry skies have given way to strong thunderstorms in the country’s southeast, where giant hailstones … Over the weekend, dust storms and hail blew into parts of southeastern Australia, from Victoria northeastward to Queensland. The Australian Capital Territory's … The Australian state of New South Wales is being pelted by hailstones the size of golf balls, big enough to smash car windows and injure birds, … As wildfires continued to burn through parts of eastern Australia, severe storms on Monday brought hail and flooding to major cities in the region.