| The biggest hail ever! | God help Italy |

After the heat wave caused by air masses from the Sahara, powerful storms hit European cities. Thunderstorms with heavy downpours, storm winds and hail came to Germany, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic and Italy. also badly damaged cars and buildings. In some areas, the size of the hailstones reached 10 centimeters in diameter. Witnesses of the natural disaster published photos and videos on social networks. Experts say that the damage caused by the storm is too early to calculate - the same weather may persist in the region until the weekend. On the eve of forecasters issued warnings about possible severe thunderstorms. At the time of the “bombardment“ with hail, people managed to hide in shelters, there are no reports of casualties, but the cars parked on the streets were severely damaged. The windows and roofs of many houses were broken, the wind gusts reached 100 km / h. In one of the cities of the province of Bergamo, a fallen church statue crushed bicycles. T