Weather tracker: Severe thunderstorms sweep Europe and east Asia

Strong winds and heavy rain batter Slovenia, while France experiences atypical heatwave in its north and west

Severe thunderstorms swept across the Balkans last week bringing widespread destruction to many areas. The storms developed as unstable hot air sat over the Adriatic Sea while a cold front plunged south-eastward.

The cold front began its journey southwards on 10 June in Slovenia where the Slovenian Environment Agency recorded wind gusts of 65mph at Ljubljana airport. Heavy rain also fell widely across the region with 23mm reported in Kranj.