French town hit by freak June hailstorm with up to 60cm of hail
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It looked like winter had returned to eastern France after a dramatic storm has buried one town under 60cms of hail and forced homeowners to dig out their snowshovels to clear the streets.
Firefighters were called out more than 100 times after some 60cm of hail fell suddenly on the Vosges’ town of Plombières-les-Bains, while just 40 minutes travel away in Bruyères, 10mm of rain was recorded in six minutes, such was the ferocity of the storm.
Tiles were blown away, cellars flooded and trees were uprooted on to power lines, leaving many homes without power, while tractors helped in the clean-up after the storm had passed.
Thankfully no injuries have been reported.
Video below shows the heavy hail falling at the time
FLASH - A hailstorm overwhelmed the town of Plombières-les-Bains this morning. Paintball-sized hailstones fell, residents had to pull out the snow shovels. (Vosges Morning)