Residents play on top of the ice.
In pictures: Mexican city struck by 'freakish' hailstorm
Updated 12:57 PM ET, Mon July 1, 2019
A woman and a child walk on ice in the eastern area of Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday, June 30. The accumulation buried some vehicles and damaged homes.
Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images
A massive hailstorm trapped some residents of Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most populous cities, inside their homes and vehicles on Sunday, June 30. It some areas, there were more than 3 feet of ice.
Enrique Alfaro Ramirez, the governor of the Jalisco state, 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.
An aerial view of vehicles buried in ice.
Security forces and soldiers try to clear away ice.
A woman and her dogs walk on the ice.
A truck carries away ice as it cleans a street.
The city is nearly 5,000 feet above sea level and usually maintains a temperate climate, CNN Meteorologist Michael Guy said. The summer months are often rainy, and severe weather isn't unheard of because of the city's elevation.
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In pictures: Mexican city struck by 'freakish' hailstorm
Updated 12:57 PM ET, Mon July 1, 2019
A woman and a child walk on ice in the eastern area of Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday, June 30. The accumulation buried some vehicles and damaged homes.
Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images
A massive hailstorm trapped some residents of Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most populous cities, inside their homes and vehicles on Sunday, June 30. It some areas, there were more than 3 feet of ice.
Enrique Alfaro Ramirez, the governor of the Jalisco state, 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.





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