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(36,463 posts) Mon Jul 1, 2019, 03:26 AM Jul 2019

Mexican city struck by rare massive hail storm

Mexican city struck by rare massive hail storm

Mon July 1, 2019

A massive hail storm trapped residents of Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most populous cities, inside their homes and vehicles, and creeped inside stores and left ice mounted on top of cars making roads impassable.

Enrique Alfaro Ramirez, the governor of Jalisco, which Guadalajara is the capital of, said he'd never witnessed scenes like those he saw Sunday morning.

"Hail more than a meter high, and then we wondered if climate change exists," he said on Twitter.

The government of Jalisco has been working with the Mexican Army and Guadalajara and Tlaquepaque authorities to clean and remove hail from all public roads, the governor said, as well as support citizens whose homes were affected.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/world/gallery/guadalajara-hail-storm/index.html

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Mexico hail: Ice 1.5m thick carpets Mexico's Guadalajara

Six suburbs in the Mexican city of Guadalajara have been left carpeted in a thick layer of ice after a heavy hail storm.

The ice was up to 1.5m (5ft) thick in places, half-burying vehicles.

Civil protection machinery was deployed to clear streets in the city of five million located north of Mexico City.

Local officials also reported flooding and fallen trees, but no-one is thought to have been hurt.

The city had been basking in temperatures of more than 30C. It has been hit by hail storms before, but seldom this heavy.

The authorities say 200 homes have been damaged and dozens of vehicles swept away in the city and surrounding districts.

State governor Enrique Alfaro described it as incredible, according to AFP.

"Then we ask ourselves if climate change is real. These are never-before-seen natural phenomena," he said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48821306

It's Deja Vu All Over Again.