英國康沃爾郡（Cornwall）及德文郡（Devon）在周五（13年 9月 6日）傍晚時份下了一場突如其來的大雹暴，這場雹暴雖然僅持續了大約 15分鐘，但已經令當地變成一片冰天雪地，令居民大為震驚。
今年英國的天氣反覆不定，在落雹暴之的一天，當地還享受着高達攝氏 30度的陽光夏日，想不到一日後突然「變天」。
同日早上廣泛地區亦突然下大雨，北約克郡（North Yorkshire）的雨量在 24小時內達75毫米，差不多等於當地過往 9月雨量的 1.5倍；而在克利卡蘭（Cleveland），有當地居民稱大雨令附近兩條河流氾濫，據稱一座大橋被洪水沖塌，另有 2架車被沖走。
在落雹暴期間街上的市民爭相走避，他們指冰粒非常堅硬，在這段時間落起雹暴來並不常見。
Carpet: The hail storm made a trip to the garden shed somewhat trickier
Covered: The aftermath of an intense hail storm yesterday that turned one area of Falmouth into a winter landscape
Winter's coming: The hail storm in Falmouth was said to have lasted around 15-20 minutes
Winter wonderland: The town of Boslowick in Falmouth was carpeted in a thick layer of hailstones after a freak storm yesterday afternoon
A car is washed down the road in Saltburn, Cleveland, after persistent heavy rain caused flash flooding
A flooded car park in Saltburn, Cleveland, where flooding forced drivers to abandon their cars and caused part of a bridge to collapse
A 4X4 drives through flood in Saltburn, Cleveland. Some areas of the northeast saw around a month and a half's worth of rain fall in just 24 hours
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Britain is lashed by up to THREE
INCHES of rain in 24 hours and a freak hailstorm hits Cornwall as summer comes to a very soggy end
7 September
2013
．Parts of North Yorkshire see 75mm
of rain over a 24 hour period
．That is
equivalent to one-and-a-half times the average September rainfall
．Durham was Britain's
wettest city with 58mm rain
falling over 24 hours
．60 people
evacuated from their homes in Redcar, Cleveland
．Motorists
abandon vehicles with two cars being washed away in the floods
．Freak hail
storm covers parts of Devon and Cornwall
in a blanket of white
Dozens of people were evacuated from their
homes last night while two drivers saw their cars swept away as parts of Britain saw
almost a month and a half's worth of rain fall in just 24 hours.
In Redcar, Cleveland, up to 60 people had to be
evacuated while in nearby Saltburn part of a bridge was washed away with some
areas seeing up to three inches of rain fall.
And on the other side of the country a
freak hail storm covered parts of Devon and Cornwall in a blanket of white creating a
winter wonderland, at the beginning of September.
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BBC
News Falmouth looks like winter scene after
freak hail storm(America
Tornado)
Cornwall Winter Wonderland
Unbelievable Hail Storm
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近期有同類的災害嗎？有，在美國。
在今年 7月美國新墨西哥州內小鎮，一夜間降下超過一呎厚的冰雹！
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