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  • As climate change makes hail more destructive, Illinois residents pay the price

    Aug 13, 2025 8:45 am by Inside Climate NewsIllinois in the News
    Researchers collected and measured hail from storms in the Great Plains this year. Credit: National Science Foundation ICECHIP

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    • Researchers collected and measured hail from storms in the Great Plains this year. Credit: National Science Foundation ICECHIP

    Inside Climate News (Aug. 12) 'Hailstorms are sort of unremarkable at first take. But then collectively, we see these kinds of financial problems that come from them,' says Trent Ford, the Illinois state climatologist based at the U. of I.