Residents of Guadalajara, Mexico, woke up to an unusual surprise over the weekend, after an intense hailstorm left the city streets buried in snow.
Parts of the city were covered in up to 6 feet of snow and ice, as authorities worked to clear out the roads, according toCBS News.
Parts of the city also experienced severe flooding, as the hail had blocked drainage systems, according toNBC News.
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Addressing the storm on social media, Jalisco state Gov. Enrique Alfaro Ramirez wrote that he had never seen weather like this before.
“Hail more than a meter high, and then we wonder if climate change exists,” hewrote, according to CNN.
In a video posted to Facebook, he also described the uniqueness of the storm, explaining that “thehail looks like snowfall,” NPR reported.
The weather is even more remarkable because, in the past month, the city had often experienced temperatures up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, NPR reported.
According to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy, the strength of the hail storm was a result of a low-pressure zone around the U.S.-Mexico border, which helped the storm build in intensity. “This was a case where atmospheric and topographic ingredients came into play to cause a freakish hail storm,” he explained.
The weather will soon be making a turn in the area as it’s been predicted that temperatures will reach 81 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, according to NPR.
source: people.com
