Editing Hail (section)

== Hazards ==
{{Main|List of costly or deadly hailstorms}}
[[File:Wea02208 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg|thumb|left|Early automobiles were not equipped to deal with hail.]]
Hail can cause serious damage, notably to automobiles, aircraft, skylights, glass-roofed structures, [[livestock]], and most commonly, [[crops]].<ref name="Nolanhail">{{cite journal|url=http://www.cocorahs.org/media/docs/hail_1994.pdf|title=Hail, Hail, Hail ! The Summertime Hazard of Eastern Colorado| first= Nolan J. |last= Doesken|journal=Colorado Climate|volume=17|issue=7|date=April 1994|access-date=2009-07-18|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101125163951/http://cocorahs.org/media/docs/hail_1994.pdf|archive-date=2010-11-25}}</ref> Hail damage to roofs often goes unnoticed until further structural damage is seen, such as leaks or cracks. It is hardest to recognize hail damage on shingled roofs and flat roofs, but all roofs have their own hail damage detection problems.<ref name="Adjusting Today">{{cite web |url= http://adjustersinternational.com/publications/adjusting-today/multi-family-complexes-insuring-exposures-and-losses/16/ |title= Hail Damage to Roofs |access-date= 2009-12-11| website= adjustersinternational.com |publisher= Adjusting Today |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151016183034/http://adjustersinternational.com/publications/adjusting-today/multi-family-complexes-insuring-exposures-and-losses/16/ |archive-date= 2015-10-16 }}</ref> Metal roofs are fairly resistant to hail damage, but may accumulate cosmetic damage in the form of dents and damaged coatings. In 2023, hailstorms cost the United States $46 billion in damage to cars, roofs, and crops, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS).<ref>{{Cite web |title=More damaging than tornadoes, hail may finally get the scientific attention it deserves |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/more-damaging-tornadoes-hail-may-finally-get-scientific-attention-it-deserves |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}</ref>

Hail is one of the most significant thunderstorm hazards to aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easa.europa.eu/safety-and-research/research-projects/docs/large-aeroplanes/EASA.2008_5.pdf |date=November 2010 |title=Hail Threat Standardisation |first1= P.R.| last1= Field |first2= W.H.|last2= Hand |first3= G.| last3= Cappelluti |publisher=European Aviation Safety Agency. RP EASA.2008/5 |display-authors=etal  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131207052634/http://www.easa.europa.eu/safety-and-research/research-projects/docs/large-aeroplanes/EASA.2008_5.pdf |archive-date= 2013-12-07 }}</ref> When hailstones exceed {{cvt|0.5|in|mm}} in diameter, planes can be seriously damaged within seconds.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.aviationweather.ws/063_Hazards.php|title=Hazards|year=2009|access-date=2009-08-29|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100325022814/http://www.aviationweather.ws/063_Hazards.php|archive-date=2010-03-25| website= aviationweather.ws| publisher= Federal Aviation Administration}}</ref> The hailstones accumulating on the ground can also be hazardous to landing aircraft. Hail is a common nuisance to drivers of automobiles, severely denting the vehicle and cracking or even shattering [[windshields]] and [[Car glass|windows]] unless parked in a garage or covered with a shielding material. Wheat, corn, soybeans, and tobacco are the most sensitive crops to hail damage.<ref name= "Oliver"/> Hail is one of Canada's most expensive hazards.<ref>{{cite book| first= Damon P.| last= Coppola| title = Introduction to international disaster management| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=s6oxEraqWWwC| year = 2007| publisher = Butterworth-Heinemann| isbn = 978-0-7506-7982-4| page = 62 }}</ref>

Massive hailstones have been known to cause [[concussion]]s or fatal head [[physical trauma|trauma]] to people caught outside without shelter. Hailstorms have been the cause of costly and deadly events throughout history. Some researchers have suggested that a hail storm was the cause of the deaths of several hundred nomads around the 9th century in [[Roopkund]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]], though this has been disputed.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/07/wind07.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/11/07/ixworld.html |title=Giant hail killed more than 200 in Himalayas | first= David |last= Orr |date=2004-11-07 |access-date=2009-08-28 |publisher=Telegraph Group Unlimited via the Internet Wayback Machine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051203015218/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2004%2F11%2F07%2Fwind07.xml&sSheet=%2Fnews%2F2004%2F11%2F07%2Fixworld.html |archive-date=2005-12-03  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/nobody-knows-why-hundreds-of-people-died-at-this-creepy-himalayan-lake/ |title=Nobody Knows Why Hundreds of People Died at This Creepy Himalayan Lake | first=Becky |last=Ferreira |date=2019-08-20 |access-date=2025-05-09}}</ref> On April 30, 1888 [[1888 Moradabad hailstorm|a severe hailstorm]] killed more than 200 people in the [[Moradabad district]] of India. Fatal injuries are more rare in the modern era; in the US for example, despite hail causing billions of dollars in damage every year and large hail (>{{convert|2|in|cm}} diameter) being fairly common, only three people have been known to be struck and killed by hail since modern records have been kept.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/us-hailstone-and-hailstorm-records|title=U.S. Hailstone and Hailstorm Records|author=Christopher C. Burt|date=2020-05-23|publisher=[[Weather Underground]]}}</ref>