Irish woman says hailstones 'the size of tennis balls' pummeled campsite in Italy

Kilkenny woman Donna Dunne said what started as a thunderstorm 'quickly evolved into hailstorm like nothing I've ever seen before'

An example of a hailstone which fell on a couple of Italy's northern regions earlier this week. Picture: Carlow Weather/Twitter

An Irish woman travelling around the north of Italy says that hailstones "the size of tennis balls" fell on the caravan park she and her two teenage daughters were staying in.

Italy has been grappling with extreme weather in recent weeks, with the southern half of the country baking in temperatures of up to 44C, and thunderstorms, hail, and winds of up to 100km/h pummeling the country's northern regions.