Hail Grains Like Tennis Balls, Full Cellars: Extreme Thunderstorms Could Soon Become Normal
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Hail grains, big as tennis balls, crowded cellars and cars stranded in floods: Extreme thunderstorms have struck northern Germany. Such weather conditions could soon become everyday life as a result of climate change.
The inhabitants of Heidenau near Hamburg experienced what hail can do on Monday evening: the storm destroyed roofs, destroyed cars and caused unfit roads.
Storms with tennis ball-sized hail, torrential downpours and winds gusting to 75 km/h hit northern Germany on Monday afternoon and evening. Firefighters responded 600 times in the state of Lower Saxony.
Neighboring Germany was hit by severe storms earlier this week. They were accompanied by torrential downpours, hailstones the size of tennis balls, and winds of up to 75 km/h. In Lower Saxony alone, firefighters responded to 600 fires on Monday. The German weather service is also warning of more severe weather.
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