Golf-ball sized hail and extreme heat plague northern Italy
Golf-ball-sized hail pelted small towns in northern Italy Friday as the region recovered from a week of extreme heat, which saw temperatures rise as high as 116 degrees.
Streets flooded with icy water in Serengo, a town north of Milan, could be seen in video posted to social media Friday.
“The hail that fell was absolutely out of the ordinary, with stones of ice that, in some cases, had diameters of over 10 cm” or about 4 inches, Luca Zaia, the governor of the Veneto region, told Ansa, the country’s news agency.
Hail the size of golf balls pelted the streets of small towns in the Veneto region of northern Italy Friday. witter/Luca Zaia
“The hail that fell was absolutely out of the ordinary,” said Luca Zaia, the governor of the Veneto region. Twitter/@Mimanda_Picone Streets flooded with icy water in Serengo, a town north of Milan. Twitter/@dacon1it
Zaia had declared a state of emergency Thursday, after more than 110 people were injured as a result of the extreme weather.
The hail gave temporary relief to the country’s third heatwave, but meteorologists warned that the cooler temperatures are short-lived.
Next week, they’re expected to rise past 100 degrees throughout southern Europe, according to reports.
Cafe goers watched as fast-moving icy waters flood a small town in the Veneto region in northern Italy Friday. Twitter/@dacon1it
Records were set last week in Decimomannu in Sardinia, which hit more than 115 degrees, and the Malaga airport in Spain saw temperatures rise to more than 111 degrees.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Europe was 119.84 in Sicily in 2021, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Source: New York Post
