Hailstone the 'size of pickled onions' - Couple rescued from cliff edge as flooding hits North Yorkshire
Some customers at the Brymor Ice Cream parlour, near Masham, were hurt by the hail.
Larger hailstones can be dangerous as they travel faster, with a 4cm stone travel averaging 100km/h . On the Yorkshire coast, the coastguard also rescued a man and woman clinging to a cliff who were trapped by the tide.They were stranded 100ft up Filey Brigg as they tried to climb the cliff. Dr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office's national climate information centre, said:"Looking back further into the UK's weather reveals a very interesting timeline, with the top 10 warmest years at the most recent end, since 2002.
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