Several residents of Lofer, the Austrian province of Salzburg, woke up this morning to find shards of broken glass from their homes and cars, as a result of a severe thunderstorm with hail and heavy rainfall.
Above: Gerhard Wimmer in the rear of a damaged car in Lofer, the Austrian province of Salzburg, on Friday, July 24, 2009
It's obvious that the damage on that car had to be caused by something large, but who would have imagined the hail to be this large?
Hail apparently gets larger than the ones above which wreaked havoc in Lofer.... That doesn't lessen my amazement at the size of these things though!
I'm in awe, imagining the damage those things would cause to my skull.... Thank God I live in the tropics!
I have never seen hail, nor have I ever imagined it to be the size that these photos illustrated. I am surprised, and pleased to hear that there were no reported injuries as a result of the shower.
Check this animation of how hail is formed.
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