Lanao town gets pelted with hailstones | Inquirer News

Lanao town gets pelted with hailstones

/ 03:51 PM October 15, 2014

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Residents of the coastal town of Balabagan in Lanao del Sur were puzzled when a hailstorm hit their town on Tuesday.

One farmer, Alikhan Omaima, said he immediately performed a sunnah, a Muslim prayer, when pellets of ice as large as marbles, started raining on the town.

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It was the first time such a phenomenon took place in the area, Omaima told Radio dxMS here.

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Digoh Umpak, another farmer, said Maranaw elders feared the hailstorm could be a precursor to disaster.

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“The elders were all scared. It has not happened here before,” he said over the same radio station.

Mokendi Saripada, 35, a mother of three, said that in contrast to what the town elders felt, children enjoyed picking up the ice pellets.

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“It was really ice,” she said.

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Meteorologists said hailstorms usually occur during thunderstorms amid a hot summer day.

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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said there was nothing extraordinary about the hailstorm.

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