A gigantic hail fell in northern Italy. Broken windows and roofs of many houses, damaged hundreds of cars

In northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region, hail fell, the size of which reached a tennis ball. It was accompanied by a strong wind, gusts of which reached 100 km / h, and heavy rain.

Hundreds of cars were damaged, numerous accidents occurred, traffic on the highways was stopped for several hours.

The windows and roofs of many houses have been broken. In one of the cities of the province of Bergamo, a fallen church statue crushed bicycles.

In the artificial channel Lambro Meridionale, a tributary of the Lambro River, the water level rose fifty centimeters in less than an hour.