A group of 100 scientists ... and weather balloon data to determine if it’s a “good” day for hail storms. Then they drive hours to beat that storm to its locations so they can set up ...

Property damage in this storm exceeded $2.4 billion in 2010 dollars. Deaths from hail are rare — the last known death caused by hail in the U.S. was in the year 2000, when a man was killed by ...