Storms, fires hit Balkans following extreme heat

A severe hail storm ripped trees and roofs in Croatia Tuesday while hundreds of fires raged in neighbouring Serbia following a period of extremely hot weather in parts of the Balkan region.

- ASSOCIATED PRESS

A brief but powerful storm hit Croatia's Adriatic Sea port of Split during the morning Tuesday. High winds and hail damaged the roof of the city's soccer stadium and caused a ferry to slip its moorings at the port which then hit two other vessels, one of which sank.