Skies are raging in France!! Worst hail storm in 20 years - Orage de grêle en Fr.mp4 - 07062022 - KN

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On June 4, more than 60 departments in France were affected by a severe thunderstorm with hail.
For the first time in twenty years, such a large part of the territory was simultaneously covered by thunderstorms.
About 50,000 lightning strikes were recorded.
In some municipalities, rainfall equivalent to a typical month of June fell in just 12 hours.
The departments of Allier, Aveyron and Saone-et-Loire suffered the most.
The wind speed in places exceeded 110 km/h.
Hailstones the size of ping-pong or tennis balls pierced the roofs of buildings and the windows of cars.
Dozens of people were injured.
More than 15,000 homes were left without electricity.
In the town of Vichy, in the park, 10,000 birds died from hail.
A strong storm became a real disaster for agriculture.
Hail struck the vineyards and grain crops.
The material damage is very significant.
Authorities compare the damage to that from the 1999 storm.
Note that last May was the hottest and driest month in the history of observations in France.
Experts attribute the unusual heat wave to climate change.
This is a year of superlatives: the hottest, the driest, and now the hailiest.