Parts of Melbourne battered by freak hailstorm

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The city's northern suburbs bore the brunt of the freak storm, with roads blanketed in white. 9News

The city's northern suburbs bore the brunt with roads blanketed in white.Parts of Melbourne were battered by a freak hail storm on Saturday afternoon, including the suburb of Thornbury.

The thick hail covered car windscreens parked in the streets of Thornbury and Craigieburn.Some remarked on Twitter about the size of the hail, which was described as "pebble ice sized" and "about a centimetre-wide".The Bureau of Meteorology said the small hail was from several storm cells.Continue reading

 

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