I'm A Celeb camp set to be battered by  thunderstorms, flash flooding and hailstones 'the size of a hen's egg' as severe weather warning is issued just days before show launch

The Daily Mail reports a Bureau of Meteorology severe thunderstorm warning for parts of New South Wales, where the I'm A Celebrity camp is filmed, with a show source on ITV's preparations. Its headline turns the warning's possibility of giant hail and flash flooding into a statement that the camp is set to be battered by hailstones 'the size of a hen's egg'. The body gives that size only as a general category of giant hail. The body attributes the warning to the Bureau and keeps its hedges, and passes on the State Emergency Service's safety advice.

1. Headline goes beyond the article

   Minor

   “set to be battered by thunderstorms, flash flooding and hailstones 'the size of a hen's egg'”

   Why this matters

   The headline says the camp is "set to be battered" by flash flooding and hailstones "the size of a hen's egg", and puts that size in quotation marks as if someone said it about this storm.

   The impression it gives

   A reader believes forecasters expect egg-sized hail and flash flooding to hit the camp itself.

   The context

   The body says the Bureau of Meteorology warned of "the possibility of giant hailstones" and rain that "may lead to flash flooding" for parts of New South Wales. The egg comparison is the Daily Mail's own gloss on how meteorologists categorise giant hail in general, not a quoted forecast for this storm.

   How we know

   • Elsewhere in the article“the possibility of giant hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding for parts of New South Wales”
   • Elsewhere in the article“A giant hailstone is categorised by meteorologists as being the size of a hen’s egg”

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