China is in danger! Devastating hail in Beijing destroyed half of the city

#china #beijing #hail #hailstorm A powerful storm hit the south of China. Large hail, the size of a chicken egg, fell in the region. According to meteorologists, it was the strongest hail in Beijing in the last 30 years. In addition to devastating precipitation, wind gusts up to 70 kilometers per hour were recorded in the region. Local residents said that the hail blew out the windows of cars and houses, damaged roofs and signs, and massive blocks of ice covered the streets of Jinping City. Agricultural land was the first to be hit by the hail. The Yunnan Meteorological Bureau confirmed that the level of hail on the streets of the city reached 28 centimeters. “Some hailstones were the size of an egg, others were the size of a chestnut,” eyewitnesses said. The diameter of the largest hailstones exceeded 5 centimeters. Hailstone nuclei are formed in a supercooled cloud due to random freezing of individual droplets. In the future, such nuclei can grow to a significant size due t