At least 110 people have been injured in a violent hailstorm that struck a region of northern Italy. Pictures show hailstones the size of tennis balls that landed on towns and villages in Veneto.
described trees snapped ‘like toothpicks’ and sheet metal roofing ‘ripped from houses’ before landing several hundred metres away.
Mr Zaia is reportedly preparing to sign a declaration of emergency today, as he described the amount of work that would be required to clear the damage. ‘The hail that fell was absolutely out of the ordinary, with hailstones reaching diameters of over 10 centimetres in some cases,’ he said.Hailstones are formed when raindrops are carried upward by thunderstorm updrafts into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere and freeze. As they fall, they can grow by colliding with liquid water drops that freeze onto their surface.
In the strongest supercell thunderstorms, hailstones can grow to up to 10cm, as seen in Italy. Hailstones bigger than 10cm are expected to fall at between 44 and 72mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A statement on their website reads: ‘However, there is much uncertainty in these estimates due to variability in the hailstone’s shape, degree of melting, fall orientation, and the environmental conditions.More:
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