Guadalajara, Mexico, covered in ice after a freakish summer hailstorm – “Hail more than a meter high, and then we wonder if climate change exists”
By Christina Maxouris
1 July 2019
(CNN) – Guadalajara had been enjoying a sweaty summer for the past few weeks until the weekend brought a shocking surprise.
The Mexican city woke up Sunday morning to more than 3 feet of ice in some areas after a heavy hailstorm swept through the region.
As government officials scrambled to contain the damage and clear up roads, residents captured jaw-dropping footage of vehicles and residences swallowed by ice.
Enrique Alfaro Ramirez, the governor of Jalisco, of which Guadalajara is the capital, said he’d never witnessed scenes like those he saw Sunday morning.
“Hail more than a meter high, and then we wonder if climate change exists,” he said on Twitter. [more]
Guadalajara, Mexico, covered in ice after a freakish summer hailstorm
In pictures: Mexican city struck by rare massive hail storm
1 July 2019 (CNN) – 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. […]
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. [more]
