A mysterious ice blast covered an Italian island in a 30cm-deep 'snow blanket' after the temperatures suddenly plunged yesterday from 35C to 12C despite a record-breaking heatwave across the continent.
Europe looks set to experience its hottest temperatures on record later today while a bizarre hailstorm and 22C plunge in temperature hit Italy.
The Italian island of Sardinia was experiencing a sweltering heatwave along with the rest of Europe when the bizarre ice blast took place on Thursday this week.
Witnesses described a "snow blanket" on the roads, just minutes after a sweltering 35C heatwave.
Temperatures plummeted to just 12C, while a 30cm-deep blanket of hailstones caused havoc on the busy roads.
Comment: There is no such thing as 'the end', but we're certainly going through a climate shift.