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1888 hailstorm

The findings were announced ahead of two major conferences on disaster risk reduction organised by the WMO and the UN taking place in Cancun, Mexico in May, 2017. (Photo: AP/Representational)

1888 Indian hailstorm all-time deadliest, claimed 246 lives: UN weather agency

The WMO Archive of Weather and Climate Extremes has now broadened its scope from temperature, weather records to impacts of specific events.

20 May 2017 8:43 PM

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