Samuel Cutajar and Claire Sultana took these pictures at 3.30am after heavy showers of hail and sleet hit the central parts of Malta following a thunderstorm. The temperature was a chilly 3.6 degrees at the time, according to Mr Cutajar's weather station in Lija.

Claire Sultana took a picture of the scene in Rabat during the night while David Buttigieg captured the scene in Naxxar in mid-morning after another hail storm..

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