Heavy Brutal Hailstorm in Germany. Witnesses in Munich reported chunks of ice the size of tennis balls hailing on the Bavarian city, breaking car windows and damaging houses. Other parts of Germany were also hit by storms.
Several people, including a seven-year-old child, were injured in a hailstorm that hit southern Germany on Monday, police in Bavaria said. Houses were flooded due to heavy rain and damaged by hail, which meteorologists described as being 5 centimeter (nearly 2 inches) in size.
Some witnesses, however, reported hail the size of tennis balls (over 6.5 centimeters) pounding cars on a federal highway in Bavaria, smashing car windows and side mirrors.
"Chunks of ice were hitting us like gunshots," a Munich driver said.
"We exited the highway, in the towns you could see roof tiles on the street," she added, according to the German DPA agency. "The street were green with broken off branches and leaves."
Bavarian residents shared images and videos of the storm on social media.
