Australia can't catch a break. Thunderstorms brought destructive hail and walls of dust, only to be followed by a new escalation in bush-fire risk.

Hail is a form of frozen precipitation that falls from thunderstorms as clumps of ice. At the core of every thunderstorm is an updraft, or an area of rising warm, moist air. When this warm moist ...

Golf ball-sized hail at Parliament House on January 20, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. ... Australia’s bush has been drying out since January 2017 – the worst drought on record.