hail in melbourne yesterday

News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.THIS dramatic video shows the moment workers cowered under an umbrella as fist-sized hailstones battered the Australian capital.An enormous hail storm lashed Canberra on Monday, pummelling buildings and cars and cutting power to thousands of homes.In the footage, the workers ducked for cover from cricket ball-sized hail stones which smashed car windows.Residents posted videos on social media of themselves sledding through streets in t-shirts.Musician Pete Peters, 60, from Canberra, said he was amazed by the power of the storm.He said: "I was shocked to see the size of the hail and concerned for people and animals who might have been unable to get undercover. "We're hoping tomorrow ... 300 people want to fly back in and that'll be our first priority and we're looking at around 70 people to fly back in tomorrow," Ms Neville said.She said people who were reuniting with family members that stayed in the stranded East Gippsland coastal town were the priority.The government is also hoping to clear roads to the isolated community so people could access properties and vehicles abandoned due to the fires.The weather bureau confirmed the state was about to be hit by downpours but the rainfall would be "hit and miss" and unlikely to put out blazes. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Today, similarly bad weather is forecast again over the east. "That was the most frightening aspect, it sounded like a catastrophic event was imminent. "Earlier this month, authorities urged people in Canberra to stay indoors as bushfire smoke left the air among the most toxic in the world.Nearby Sydney was also engulfed by the freak storm, with giant hailstones raining down and wild winds ripping the roof off a shopping centre.Footage showed people running for cover as the dangerous downpours started.And images reveal what look like bullet holes where the huge lumps of ice came smashing through ceilings.Hail struck Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, yesterday and more hail storms are forecast to return.Drought-ravaged parts of rural Australia have been hit by dust storms that threaten to drift over more heavily populated cities including Sydney, bringing a new element to the extreme weather that has dominated the country over summer.The vast clouds of thick red dust have smothered inland towns such as Dubbo in the country's most populous state, New South Wales, adding to the run of unusual weather that has disrupted the country since hundreds of bushfires broke out in September.Unusually intense storms over the weekend caused flash flooding in the cities of Brisbane and Gold Coast in Queensland state just north of New South Wales, where most of the wildfire destruction has occurred.The fires have claimed at least 28 lives since September, destroyed more than 2,600 homes and razed more than 25.7 million acres.Widespread recent rainfall in New South Wales and Victoria have helped but have not extinguished major fires in Australia's two most populous states.Authorities have warned the fire danger will escalate this week in both states with rising temperatures and drier conditions.The smoke also disrupted preparations for the Australian Open in Melbourne last week, although the first Grand Slam of the year got under way on Monday in relatively clean air Holly Willoughby quits showbiz agency she shared with Phillip Schofield Some face coverings make risk of virus infection WORSE, scientists find Katie Price to have urgent op on both feet as docs say ‘injuries are severe' Gran recoils from ‘ugly baby pic’ before hearing she's ‘FaceTiming the parents’ Rich House Poor House dad breaks down as wealthy family offer help with £25K debt©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Hail of a day! "We're going to see some potentially flash flooding and severe thunderstorms over the next couple of days, including some damaged fire areas," Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville said.

Huge hailstones have started smashing parts of Victoria as the state experiences its wettest two-day period in months.

Golf ball-sized hail covers a street after a hailstorm in Canberra Drivers returned to their cars after sheltering to find them trashed Storm clouds hang above the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney before unleashing hellish hail storms on the city Just when they were dusting themselves down from the fire, this happened in Dubbo, Australia, 248 miles west of SydneyMelbourne hit by golf ball sized hailstones as bushfires hit Victoria

Melbourne hail: Rain, flash flooding hits state's northeast and city. Richard Russell, a senior forecaster at the BOM, said Melbourne’s east …