Climate change could see extreme weather sweep across EuropeClimate change could lead to extreme weather events which could include hailstones as big as 5cm, a new study has found. Climate experts from the Met Office, Newcastle University and the University of Bristol used European-wide simulations to model future changes to hail with global warming. The study shows that, under a high-emissions scenario, severe hail is likely to become less common, except potentially for very large hail. Severe hail has a diameter of 2cm, while a diameter of 5 cm or more is considered very large. Recent hailstorms have caused significant direct damage to properties and infrastructure, crops, and even aircraft!”Read next