BRISBANE, Australia: Planes were flipped and roofs ripped off when hail and powerful winds tore through Australia’s east coast, leaving an Aus$100 million (US$85 million) damage bill as the army helped clear up Friday.
The storm, which officials said was one of the worst seen in the country and the strongest to hit the city of Brisbane in three decades, rained hailstones the size of tennis balls on cars and buildings late Thursday, flooding streets and injuring 39 people.
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