Accumulations of up to 3cm deep reported as severe thunderstorms also bring heavy downpours to central Italy
Severe thunderstorms have affected the Mediterranean this week. On Monday, a surface low-pressure system in the Mediterranean in conjunction with an upper air cut-off low, led to thunderstorms over north Africa. Their intensity was aided by the hot precursor conditions.Algeria and Tunisia were notably affected by the thunderstorms, with some hail accumulation layers as a result. When so
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Weather tracker: hail covers parts of Tunisia and Algeria like snow
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