Massive chunks of hail and torrential rain battered Rome when a freak storm struck on Sunday evening. The adverse weather blanketed streets with icy chunks and trapped many drivers in their cars in the city's eastern neighbourhoods. The storms reached Sicily on Sunday, where the eastern province of Catania was hit by torrential rain for the second time in three days, thelocal.it reports. After a sunny week, forecasters predict rainfall again this week - with some lightning also expected in the city on Sunday. Torrential rain and thunderstorms struck parts of Italy after travelling east from the Iberian peninsula over the weekend and will continue moving.

Source: Daily Mail October 22, 2018 11:10 UTC