The state is also exposed to 100 to 350 tornadoes each month, an annual hurricane season and hailstorms. |
It means 500 percent more floods, mudslides, hailstorms, drought, ice storms and wildfires. |
Other parts of the world that have damaging hailstorms include China, Russia, India and northern Italy. |
Mt Hotham had two inches of rain on the weekend, followed by wild weather full of hailstorms overnight. |
The weather bureau said hailstorms are a possibility in the coming days, adding Taipei residents should be on alert for flooding and lightning. |
Freak hailstorms will victimize the prairies while oppressive heat waves cook southern Ontario. |