Climate risk · Rationale

Hailstorm

Storm characterised by precipitation in the form of hail, in which balls or irregular lumps of ice fall from the atmosphere with sufficient force to damage crops, structures, and livestock.

Definition source: AGROVOC: hail

Synonyms

hail

Broader

Storm

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_115 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_115
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_115)