Most distressing photos of a storm that ravaged Serbia: New wave coming, this area first to be hit

Hailstones hit vineyards in Zupa, damaged crops in the villages around Blace, damaged cars in Krusevac, and raspberry orchards as well as roofs on numerous buildings in Sjenica

A storm accompanied by hailstones the size of a walnut, roared through central Serbia yesterday afternoon. Houses were left without roofs, raspberry orchards and vineyards were damaged, windshield on cars smashed, and in some places animals were injured, too.

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Large amounts of precipitation and large-sized hailstones fell first on Sjenica and the surrounding places around 3 pm, and then hit Ivanjica, i.e., Golija, where ice rain fell first.

Images from the village of Bagacice in Sjenica show how much damage the hailstorm caused in this part of Serbia. There was almost no roof that left intact during the storm that ravaged the Pesterska Plateau. Cars were also damaged, as well as raspberry crops in the surrounding villages.

The storm that hit Sjenica destroyed the house and yard in the household of Vujadin Rakonjac from the village of Bagacice.

"Everything has been destroyed, we have nowhere to sleep tonight. The roof of the house has been leveled, the barn is demolished, my cows were injured, beaten up," Vujadin Rakonjac told the daily Informer.

In the village of Boguti near Sjenica, which suffered the most from the hailstorm yesterday, a hailstone the size of an egg killed a cat.

The unfortunate animal was found under a tree where she sought shelter, but did not manage to save herself there the daily Kurir writes.

300 missiles fired in Krusevac

Soon, the clouds from Sjenica moved towards Trstenik, Vrnjacka Banja, Kraljevo and Krusevac.

In Krusevac alone, about 300 anti-hail missiles were fired, but a strong hailstorm could not be avoided.

Hailstones caused damage to agricultural crops and orchards, but also to buildings and a large number of cars.

Images of the storm and the destruction left in its wake are coming from Kupac, Citluk, Kukljina and Jasika, which show the damage done by the hail clouds.

Take a look at what it was like in Krusevac yesterday.

Alarm bells in Arilje as well

Last night around three o'clock, a strong storm followed by rain and hail, which was first the size of a walnut, and then of a hazelnut, affected the center of Arilje and several surrounding villages.

"We still don't know where the storm roared onto and which villages were affected by the hailstorm, but there are broken trees in the city center and in nearby Latvica," said the mayor, Milos Nedeljkovic.

After last night's strong hailstorm, the ice is yet to melt near the city gallery in Arilje.

In Zupa, hailstones beat up vineyards

According to the Nezavisne Narodne Novine newspaper of the Rasina District, even the oldest inhabitants of the municipality of Aleksandrovac do not remember such a storm.

In just one hour, two rounds of hailstorms destroyed everything that the hard working hands of farmers had planted. The damage is 100 percent in most villages, and although the anti-hail stations worked to the maximum, there was no was of helping. Some hailstones were even the size of a tennis ball.

The Emergency Situations Headquarters, chaired by the president of the Municipality, Dr. Mirko Mihajlovic, met urgently.

A commission for the assessment of agricultural damage and one to assess damage to buildings have been formed, which will start working today.

Villages around Blace suffered damage

A terrible storm hit the Blace area shortly after 7 pm yesterday.

The hail accompanied by rain in some villages of the Blace municipality, "harvested" fruits and vegetables and destroyed this year's crops.

The first to be hit today is Bor, red meteoalarm is active

According to the latest warning issed by the RHMZ, today in the areas south of the Sava and the Danube, intense thunderstorms are expected with local hailstorms, while there will also be strong or stormy winds in the rain zones, as well as precipitation in most places from 20 to 40 milliliters per square meter over 24 hours - in places even more.

The largest amount of precipitation is expected in the area of ​​the Bor District (eastern Serbia), where the more than 60 milliliters could fall over 24 hours.

RHMZ ihas issued a red meteorological alarm for this part of Serbia, which means that the weather will be very dangerous. It can cause great material damage and even pose danger to the safety of people and animals.

(D.S.)