Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Rare hail carpets eastern Mexican city in 1.5 metres of ice

Video. Rare hail carpets eastern Mexican city in 1.5 metres of ice

Updated:

A blanket of hail and ice covered streets in Mexico's Guadalajara region after a heavy storm of rain and hail on Sunday (June 30).

The eastern Mexican city of Guadalajara was sweltering in 30 degrees Celsius on Sunday when a freak hail storm swept through carpeting some parts in up to 1.5 metres of ice. 

Images shared on social media show cars buried by the ice and people out on the streets wandering what looked like a winter landscape.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT