'It was an attack from the heavens': The shocking moment a Siberian beach was hit by a freak hailstorm on one of the hottest days of the summer Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2691237/It-attack-heavens-The-shocking-moment-Siberian-beach-hit-freak-hailstorm-one-hottest-days-summer.

Shocking pictures show the moment a Siberian beach was hit by a freak hailstorm on one of the hottest days of the summer.

Bathers ran out of the Ob River clutching their heads as hail the size of golf balls fell from the sky.

Footage of the freak weather - on a day which saw temperatures rising to 37C - includes one female voice saying: 'If we die, I love you.'

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Sunbathers run for cover as storm of giant hailstones hits a beach on the Ob River in Siberia

In a video of the storm, men, women and children are shown covering under beach towels

One sunbather quoted by The Siberian Times said: 'It was like being hit by raining bullets from the sky.'

'It was an attack from the heavens,' said another.

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