List of costly or deadly hailstorms


This is a list of the costliest or deadliest hailstorms on record.

Notable events

North America

Europe

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Africa

DateLocationIncident
1 February 1936Settlers, Transvaal, South AfricaDevastating hailstorm with hailstones the size of coconuts, killed ten people and several head of cattle, in addition to nine people killed in flooding. of rain fell in 15 minutes. Some reports claim more than 26 killed.
17 November 1949Pretoria, Transvaal, South AfricaHailstorm struck Western Pretoria- hailstones of circumference damaged windows or roofs on all buildings in the area, and broke 12000 large windows at the Iscor plant in the area, and damaged hundreds of cars at the plant.
1 November 1985Pretoria, Transvaal, South AfricaMajor hailstorm striking central Pretoria and surrounding areas. Damage estimated at R400m.

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