A “gargantuan” 6.3-inch hailstone set a new continental record in Australia on Tuesday, accompanying an outbreak of destructive spring thunderstorms that pummeled the Land Down Under.

MACKAY, Australia — Marion Healy’s great-grandfather Kwailu was just a boy when “recruiters” took him aboard a ship on a beach in the Solomon Islands.

Brown hills speckle the eastern part of Australia’s Lake MacKay in this satellite image. Located on the border of the states of Western Australia and Northern Territory, the salt lake only sees ...

Brown hills speckle the eastern part of Australia’s Lake MacKay in this satellite image. Located on the border of the states of Western Australia and Northern Territory, the salt lake only sees ...