Overview

• A sudden July 8 hailstorm battered Split, Croatia, ripping roofs, toppling trees, damaging the Poljud stadium canopy and injuring three residents.
• Slovenian authorities reported heavy rain, hail and high-altitude Alpine snowfall as temperatures plunged from near 40 °C to about 20 °C.
• Serbian firefighters battled over 600 wildfires that have injured six people and led at least three southern municipalities to declare emergency measures.
• The national meteorological institute warned of critically low levels on the Danube, the Sava and smaller rivers while officials restricted drinking-water supplies.
• Climate experts link the region’s sequence of extreme heat, violent storms and drought-driven fires to broader warming trends and infrastructure vulnerabilities.