Hail stones the size of golfballs smashed windows and cut power to hundreds of homes in the nation's capital of Canberra.

Huge hail storm hits Australian capital as wildfires rage on

Mexicans basking in temperatures of 31C were quickly cooled down when a hailstorm fell in Guadalajara, leaving up to two metres of ice.

Mexican city buried under two metres of ice after freak hailstorm

Hailstones as big as tennis balls hammered the Munich area on Monday as a series of thunderstorms lashed parts of Germany.

Local governments in China issued emergency responses following a deluge of hailstones on Sunday.