Devastating hailstorm in Italy, Turkey and Greece on 5th May 2018

ITALY

CAMPANIA
San Bartolomeo in Galdo and other areas of the surroundings (Benevento province), strong hailstorm, possible beans up to over 2 cm.

BASILICATA
San Mauro Forte (province of Matera), dense hail, beans up to 2 cm.

 

ROMANIA
Buziaş (Timiş district), strong hailstorm, beans up to 3 cm.

 

TURKEY
Altıntaş (Kütahya province), dense hail, beans up to about 3 cm.
Siverek (Şanlıurfa province), strong hailstorm, grains up to 3 or 4 cm. Car damage.
Gürün (Sivas province), strong hail with accumulation on the road, grains up to about 3 cm.
Akören (Konya province), hailstorm with grains not exceeding 2 cm.
Mardin, hailstorm with grains not more than 2 cm.

GREECE
Hailed around Thessaloniki, we have news from Diavata and Chortiatis, with grains up to over 2 cm. Possible damage.
Rhodes, hailed in the north of the island with grains up to over 2 cm.

 

SERBIA
Ivanjica, strong and abundant hailstorm, accumulation on the ground, grains up to about 3 cm.
Ilandža (Voivodina), strong hailstorm, beans maximum size between 2 and 3 cm.
Hail in some areas of Belgrade, however there are beans below the 2 cm threshold.