Don’t be surprised if you see ice lumps the size of marbles crashing down from the heavens, because it’s not as rare a phenomenon as many would think.
It can, according to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Madius Tangau, happen up to three times in one year for us in Malaysia.
“Hail is not an unusual phenomenon, but it’s very rare in our country. Based on our records, it can occur with a frequency of one to three times in a year,” Madius told Bernama.
“Hail usually occurs locally around areas under cumulonimbus clouds and lasts for a relatively short time, which is about 20 minutes,” he was quoted further.
Earlier this month, a hailstorm and heavy rain thrashed several parts of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, bringing traffic to a gridlock, uprooting trees, disrupting LRT and ERL services as well as destroying buildings.
Soon after, a thirty-second video clip made its rounds on social media, in which workers in a Bukit Jalil office were seen running in panic while some scrambled for cover under their desks when the walls and the ceiling collapsed due to the pounding storm.
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