Hail storms walloped Lower Saxony on Monday showering Vohrum with hail stones the size of table-tennis balls. The summer storms contrasted with soaring temperatures of nearly 40C felt across the country earlier in the week. Meteorologists have attributed the high pressure to winds blowing from Africa.\n\nElsewhere in the south of the country a deluge of rain flooded Stuttgart's streets while hail shattered 50 windows in a Reutling hospital on Sunday