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2019 Timaru hailstorm

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• ... that New Zealand's costliest weather event in 15 years lasted for only 10 minutes?

• Source: For 10 minutes and costliest in 21st century: https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/127023904/the-day-it-pummelled-massive-hail-stones-in-timaru
• For it being the costliest weather event in 15 years (since the flooding in 2004): https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/300022912/hailstorm-has-nzs-second-highest-weatherrelated-insurance-bill-this-century?rm=a

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fukushima nuclear accident
• Comment: The hailstorm was the costliest weather event in the 21st century, but has since been overtaken by 2023's Cyclone Gabrielle, so that wording cannot be used.

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 54 past nominations.

―Panamitsu (talk) 05:52, 11 November 2024 (UTC).

• Ooh, a weather DYK! I'll take this.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting:
• Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good, passed. Although the "storm" section is short, it should be fine. E_F⁵ 16:21, 13 November 2024 (UTC)