Nature Video

By Federico Cornetto

Massive hailstones that battered the Italian coast smacked audibly off the surface of the sea.

Tiziana Arrizza at the Trabocco Punta Rocciosa restaurant in Fossacesia on Italy’s east coast on July 10, when a powerful storm passed overhead.

Within seconds, huge hailstones bounced off the Adriatic Sea, creating loud cracking sounds as they hit the water.