Template:Did you know nominations/2019 Timaru hailstorm
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2019 Timaru hailstorm
- ... that New Zealand's costliest weather event in 15 years lasted for only 10 minutes?
- Source: For 10 minutes and costliest in 21st century: https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/127023904/the-day-it-pummelled-massive-hail-stones-in-timaru
- For it being the costliest weather event in 15 years (since the flooding in 2004): https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/300022912/hailstorm-has-nzs-second-highest-weatherrelated-insurance-bill-this-century?rm=a
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fukushima nuclear accident
- Comment: The hailstorm was the costliest weather event in the 21st century, but has since been overtaken by 2023's Cyclone Gabrielle, so that wording cannot be used.
―Panamitsu (talk) 05:52, 11 November 2024 (UTC).
- Ooh, a weather DYK! I'll take this.
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Overall: Looks good, passed. Although the "storm" section is short, it should be fine. EF5 16:21, 13 November 2024 (UTC)