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2024-11-04 16:13:34 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 19ADFC0E87CE9977C3031072E8F326FE47F8D08E0553AF29E2FE451641E0A947
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Although rare, hail storms are not unknown in the region. The last one was reported in 2022 and another occurred in 2015. Hail storms are convective in nature and have been studied for decades. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/saudi-arabia-snow/index.html https://www.9news.com.au/world/river-of-hail-runs-through-arabian-desert/df4bf717-1dc5-415c-af9e-5236ed4a71b6 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26173437
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