Heavy midweek rains — and even egg-sized hailstones — lashed the western Balkans overnight, leading to two deaths in Montenegro and damaged infrastructure across the region.
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00:00Europe's Balkan countries have been battered by heavy mid-week rains, thunderstorms, falling
00:08temperatures and even hail.
00:11At least two people have died in Montenegro, while egg-sized hailstones damaged infrastructure
00:16in Slovenia.
00:18Officials say almost 300 firefighters removed fallen trees and repaired roofs in Croatia's
00:24east.
00:25We were in communication, which is important to say, that the government of the Republic
00:32of Croatia will unfortunately, who knows which way, in Slavonia, you see, you are witnesses
00:38yourself, that this is almost not happening to us from month to month, when the summer
00:43periods are, as well as last year.
00:45Here we are in Bošnjac, when you look at the roofs and houses, it is more associated
00:50with some kind of war period.
00:54Storm-wrecked beaches ripped out trees and inundated streets across the region.
01:00Experts warn human-induced climate change has caused the wild weather swings, with the
01:06worst yet to come.