Europe

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Hailstorm hammers Limburg with 5cm stones, damaging cars and flooding streets

A powerful hailstorm swept across Midden- and Noord-Limburg Saturday evening, pelting towns with hailstones up to five centimeters wide, damaging vehicles, flooding streets, and briefly halting a local pop festival.
Emergency services were called to multiple locations as the extreme weather caused widespread disruption across the region.

Around 6 p.m., hailstones measuring about two centimeters in diameter began falling in the areas around Maasbracht and Echt.
While no significant damage was initially reported in those towns, the storm intensified as it moved eastward and northward.
An hour later, larger hailstones struck Belfeld with enough force to dent car roofs.

In Venlo, where hailstones up to five centimeters were reported, some car windshields shattered under the impact.

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 Sunshine and warm days before stormy Saturday; Temps up to 32 degrees on Friday

The Netherlands is in for some lovely summer weather in the days ahead, with plenty of sunshine and high temperatures.
Friday will even be tropically warm, with thermometers topping 30 degrees in many places.
There is a chance of thunderstorms on Friday evening, and Saturday will be hot, stormy and rainy,