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Archive: Tue Jul 2025

Hail in the Samoan Archipelago

In the evening of 28 July 2025, residents of the Samoan island of Upolu experienced an intense thunderstorm which produced hail, a very rare event for maritime tropical Pacific environments. Social media videos show 1 – 2 cm hailstones falling around residents excited to see such novel conditions. The forecasters... Read More