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Related: About this forumMall Roof Fails During Freak Australian Storms; Cities Pounded W. Grapefruit-Sized Hail
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.
On Wednesday, a shopping centre in Coffs Harbour was evacuated after heavy rain collapsed the ceiling during a hail storm that battered northern New South Wales. About 400 people were taking shelter in the Toormina shopping centre when water began pouring in through the ceiling.
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On Tuesday heavy storms hammered north Queensland and the largest hailstone ever to fall in Australia was officially recorded. Forecaster Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) told the ABC that the dangerous thunderstorm lashed the Yalboroo area north of Mackay leading to multiple reports of giant hail.
While many of the stones measured 12 to 14cm in diameter Narramore said a very impressive image had been sent to the BoMs Queensland office allowing them to verify the 16cm reading.
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Mall Roof Fails During Freak Australian Storms; Cities Pounded W. Grapefruit-Sized Hail (Original Post)
hatrack
Oct 2021
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niyad
(113,275 posts)1. Incredible. And all those idiots just standing around as a ceiling was about to collapse.
Random Boomer
(4,168 posts)2. Ha! I was thinking the very same thing.
If you see a roof being stressed, get out of the way!
msongs
(67,395 posts)3. actually the video shows the ceiling caving in, not the roof, as the result of leaking roof nt