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On 30 April 1888, Moradabad in northern India had a dramatic shift in the weather. A storm struck with, according to the World Meteorological Organisation, hailstones the size of “goose eggs and oranges and cricket balls”, falling in such numbers that they formed piles of up to two feet. There were certainly too many to avoid. The death toll from the icy salvo was 246 people, making it the deadliest hailstorm in recorded history. They weren’t the largest hailstones, however: in 2018, hail rained down in Villas Carlos Paz, Argentina, measuring 9.3 inches across – about the width of a basketball.