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Supercel and Tornado strike Bologna, Italy
BOLOGNA - A violent hailstorm has hit on Friday afternoon on several towns in the area of Modena: Around 16 hours and for nearly a quarter of an hour from the sky fell beans the size of walnuts (in some cases, even with a diameter of about 20-25 cm), with some damage to cars and especially to crops in the area. The disturbance has brought with it a violent tornado that struck the border between Modena and Bologna, in particular in the area of Castelfranco Emilia, also affecting the fraction of Sant'Agata Bolognese: the cone of the tornado, which struck especially rural areas, has long been visible from the A1 motorway. Then you would be moved to the northern part of the province of Bologna, between Argelato and San Pietro in Casale. Some dozens of houses and other structures uncovered, although an exact number still can not do it. And six persons injured in a non-serious, according to the police. It is a first assessment of the perturbation with tornadoes in the afternoon crossed the Emilia, Modena starting from around 17:30 to go off around 18:30 in the Ferrara, passing through the province of Bologna.