2019 Timaru hailstorm
Hailstorm started before the noon of 20 November 2019. Hail stones were the size of golf balls, which caused damage throughout Timaru. damage to buildings and some businesses had to close. damage to cars. Fire and Emergency New Zealand received 30 call outs from noon to 2.40 pm, 21 of which relating to hail or rain damage.[5]
one person went to hospital after a minor injury caused by the hail.[5]
a car dealership had damage to over 100 cars.[5]
Timaru Boys' High School and Roncalli College had roof damage.[5]
smashed windows and glass houses, leaking roofs and damage to skylights, [6][7]
"Some insurance companies are setting up a temporary facility in Timaru to deal with the issue"[6]
hail fall lasted for about 10 minutes[8]
car dents[8] and damage to mirrors, tail lights and spoilers, and smashed windscreens.[9]
"streets became carpets of white"[8]
Hundreds of black-billed gulls and white-fronted terns had either died or been severely injured at the Rangitata River mouth. serveral eggs broken.[8]
$171 million in insurance claims paid out[10] (initial estmiate was $83 million in March 2020, then by May over $130 million had been paid out[11]). of this $86.2 million (12,078 claims) was related to motor vehicles, $59.6 million (5,791 claims) for "house and contents", $23.2 million (1,047 claims) for "commercial", $73,759 (15 claims) for "marine", $171,701 (10 claims) for "crops" and $1.7 million (99 claims) for "other".[8][12]
insurance companies created a car repair shop in Washdyke and another in "the south end of town".[8]
About 12,000 cars were damaged in Timaru.[13][14] some of these cars failed their Warrants of Fitness due to the weakening of their structural integrity.[15] this caused a car shortage in Timaru. the following year, new car registrations in the Timaru District increaesd by 62.7 per cent. [8] A team, named the Hail Response Team, came from Australia to repair cars.[13]
At the time of the event, it was top five costliest disaster in NZ since the Insurance Council of New Zealand's records began in 1968. The only disasters above hailstorm in terms of was the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake and the sinking of TEV Wahine in 1968. It was also, at the time, the country's costliest weather event in the 21st century,[12] with the second costliest being the 2004 lower North Island storms, which cost $148 million. Those storms covered a much larger area.[11] The cost of the Timaru event was surpassed in 2023 by Cyclone Gabrielle by a large margin, at a cost several billion dollars.[16][17]
The cupolas and dome of Timaru's Sacred Heart Basilica experienced severe damage. work to replace the copper tiling of them finished in August 2024.[18][10]
Australia and Brazil car repair stuff (only use this source if I can't find other sources mentioning it)[19]
Cost was several thousand dollars for every person in Timaru.[11]
Crops were also damaged; farmers often do not insure their crops because they consider it 'expensive', although there is a compulsory levy that protects the crops.[20]
References
- ^ "Timaru hailstorm NZ's third-most destructive storm of this century". Stuff. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Timaru hail storm's insurance bill passes $83 million". Timaru Herald. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Timaru hailstorm NZ's third-most destructive storm of this century". Stuff. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Record insurance repairs for cars smashed by hail in Timaru". RNZ. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Giant hail stones hammer Timaru as storm moves up the country". Timaru Herald. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Insurance companies face deluge of hail damage claims". Timaru Herald. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Hail pelts Timaru". Otago Daily Times. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The day it pummelled massive hail stones in Timaru". Timaru Herald. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "'Pummelled': Timaru hailstorm causes havoc for car owners". Newshub. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Timaru's historic basilica getting new copper on domes". Stuff. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Hailstorm has NZ's second highest weather-related insurance bill this century". Timaru Herald. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Timaru's hailstorm cost reaches record $170m mark". Timaru Herald. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Insurers dealing with thousands of vehicles damaged in Timaru hail storm". 1News. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Timaru hailstorm last year now NZ's second most costly weather event this century". 1News. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Cars damaged in severe Timaru hailstorm failing warrants of fitness". Timaru Herald. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "As weather catastrophes increase, so does the urgency to act". The Post. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "NZ one of five countries with costliest year ever for weather damage". Business Desk. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Dome do-up finally done". Otago Daily Times. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Church damaged in catastrophic hailstorm gets insurance pay-out". www.insurancebusinessmag.com. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Hail damage devastates Canterbury vegetable crops". RNZ. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2024.