The Sky Turned Purple—Then Baseball-Size Hail Began Destroying Everything in Its Path

right circumstances, powerful updrafts can carry water droplets high into storm clouds, where they freeze and grow into hailstones.

As these hailstones circulate within the storm, they accumulate additional layers of ice. Eventually, they become too heavy for the storm’s updrafts to support and fall to the ground.

The size and intensity of hail can vary continue reading …