No fewer than 9 people have been killed and dozens of homes damaged in a hailstorm in southern Germany, BBC reports.
9 injured as hailstones fall
2 people were taken to hospital with severe injuries caused by lightning strikes.
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2 people were taken to hospital with severe injuries caused by lightning strikes, and in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, there were reports of hailstones the size of golf balls.
Also 7 more were hurt in Bavaria, where several houses in villages near Augsburg were no longer habitable.
Authorities appealed for help from construction workers to repair the damage.
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There were reports of badly damaged roofs, even as blocks of flats had to be evacuated and a local school had to be closed.
Last week, there reports of severe weather in Germany as a tornado swept through the town of Buetzow, near Rostock.
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