Europe's biggest ever hailstone fell
in northern Italy Monday as hailstorms reaped death and
destruction across swathes of the north, the European Severe
Storms Laboratory (ESSL) said Tuesday.
The hailstone that fell on Azzano Decimo near Pordenone was 19cm
in diameter, beating the previous record, also in northern
Italy, of 16cm set on July 19 at Carmignano di Brenta near
Venice.
The world record is held by a hailstone measuring 20.3 cm that
fell in South Dakota in 2010.
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