[Levin]

Crazy hailstorm in Veneto, Italy, July 19, 2023. The provinces of Treviso, Padua and Venice, were hit hard by the thunderstorms, strong winds and hailstorms that devastated cities and villages.

The most affected area is Upper Padua between Vigodarzere, Alta Padovana in Limena, Curtarolo, Santa Giustina in Colle and Campo San Martino. But a lot of cars were also damaged in Arcella and Vigonza. Several greenhouses were also destroyed in Sant'Andrea in Campodarsego. In Piuro, a municipality in the province of Sondrio, in Lombardy to be precise, where a violent and sudden ice storm hit the area.

Civil Protection worries Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige. The yellow warnings continue for now, in the Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia and most of Lombardy. Strong gusts of over 100km/h expected and a thunderstorm, with a possibility of tornadoes.

[Levin]

At least 110 people have been injured after tennis ball-sized hail rained down on a region of northern Italy overnight Wednesday.

In a surprise storm, hailstones of up to 10 cm in diameter pelted the streets of Veneto

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Emergency services responded to more than 500 calls for help due to damage to property and personal injuries

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Italy, Spain and Greece have faced unrelenting heat for days. The Italian capital Rome hit a new record temperature of 41 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.

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In May, parts of the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna suffered under ‘once in a century’ deadly flooding, with over 20 rivers in the region bursting their banks and prompting a wave of landslides.

As the human-caused climate crisis accelerates, scientists are clear that extreme weather events will only become more frequent and more intense.


https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/20/europ...index.html

[Pass-by]

How did it get so big?

[FangFang]

Here still warm

[Buffybuffy]

Anyone as gong as a sinkie who actually picked up one and licked it?

[Levin]

Here still warm

Quite a lot of rain recently, so not so bad.

[Alice Alicia]

Karmic forces at work.