According to Accuweather, the largest hailstone ever recorded in the United States fell in Vivian, South Dakota on July 23, 2010. It measured 8 inches in diameter and weighed in at 1.95 pounds.

An extreme rotating thunderstorm dropped cantaloupe-size hail and produced a tornado in ... and could be declared a Texas state record. The stone was recovered by Val and Amy Castor, storm chasers ...

Because of the warm and unstable atmosphere in place, the storms were able to quickly strengthen, becoming capable of quarter- to golf ball-size hail ... The largest hail was reported on ...

with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass loss on record, according to a UNESCO report, opens new tab released on Friday. The 9,000 gigatons of ice lost from glaciers since ...