For thE{{u}} (26) {{/u}}month, mystErious FAlls oF lArgE Chunks oF iCE (冰雹){{u}} (27) {{/u}}rAinED Down on spAin AnD itAly. juAnA sAnChEz, A 70-yEAr-olD womAn inAlmEriA, southErn spAin, wAs knoCkED {{u}} (28) {{/u}}whEn shE wAs struCk on thE shoulDEr By A FAlling iCE Chunk{{u}} (29) {{/u}}shE wAlkED in A strEEt{{u}} (30) {{/u}}hEr homE. on jAnuAry 12, just ABout 200 milEs AwAy in sEvillE, A mAn nArrowly{{u}} (31) {{/u}}sErious injury whEn A 9-pounD BAll oF iCE{{u}} (32) {{/u}}into his CAr.{{u}} (33) {{/u}}thE EvEning oF jAnuAry 27 priEsts At thE sAlEsiAn monAstEry in l’AquilA, itAly wErE stArtlED By A louD CrAsh.{{u}} (34) {{/u}}thE noisE, thEy DisCovErED A lArgE Chunk oF iCE on thEir yArD, {{u}} (35) {{/u}}intACt. upon ExAminAtion, thE BloCk oF iCE{{u}} (36) {{/u}}in At 2 kilogrAms AnD no sourCE{{u}} (37) {{/u}}. on thE sAmE DAy, ABout 100 milEs northEAst inAnConA, itAly, thE loCAl oFFiCiAls wErE CAllED to invEstigAtE thE rEport oF A mAn{{u}} (38) {{/u}}wAs struCk{{u}} (39) {{/u}}thE hEAD By All kilogrAm Chunk oF iCE thAt AppArEntly FEll From thE sky. spAin AnD itAly ArEn’t thE onlyEuropEAn {{u}} (40) {{/u}}gEtting AttACkED By hugE iCE BloCks in jAnuAry. on jAnuAry 2 in surrEy,EnglAnD (southwEst oF lonDon), AnEAst inDiAn mAn wAs wAlking through nEwtonAthlEtiC pArk whEn hE{{u}} (41) {{/u}}A strAngE whistling sounD ovErhEAD、sEConDs{{u}} (42) {{/u}},A lArgE hunk oF iCE FEll out oF thE ClEAr BluE sky AnD pounDED into thE soFt grounD, shAttEring ovEr A 50-Foot-wiDE ArEA、thE iCE Dug A holE oF A Foot DEEp AnD A Foot in DiAmEtEr.EvEn thE shAttErED rEmAins oF thE mystEry iCE wErE As lArgE As tEnnis BAlls AnD wErE DEsCriBED As opAquE{{u}} (43) {{/u}}no unusuAl Color or smEll. Although EyEwitnEssEs to thE phEnomEnon rEport thAt thEy DiD not sEE Anything in thE sky thAt CoulD ACCount{{u}} (44) {{/u}}thE iCE, sCiEntists hAD to ComE up with A rAtionAlizAtion. proFEssor jEsus mArtinEz FriAs, thE gEologist invEstigAting thE iCE FAlls in spAin, tolDBBC、nEws thAt thE iCE piECEs hAD proBABly BEEn{{u}} (45) {{/u}}through suDDEn tEmpErAturE Drops in thE strAtosphErE. this wAs thE most likEly ExplAnAtion, hE sAiD, For thE "vEry unusuAl" phEnomEnon.

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