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GUADALAJARA, MEXICOThe mountain city of
Guadalajara, capital of the
Mexican state of Jalisco, is
home to around five
million people. With a
subtropical climate,
summers in Guadalajara
are hot and wet: in the
days before this picture
was taken, temperatures
had been around 31°C,
which is about average for
the time of year.
But on the morning of
Sunday 30 June this year,
the city awoke to streets
covered in ice up to 1.5m
deep. The hailstorm that
caused this scene was
thought to have been
caused by a band of low
pressure moving across
Mexico, combined with the
moist air that comes with
summer time in
Guadalajara. The governor
of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro
Ramírez, tweeted that he
had never witnessed
scenes like it.
Thankfully, no one was
injured during the storm- although hundreds of
homes were damaged, and
dozens of cars were swept
up in the ood of ice.
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GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
The mountain city of
Guadalajara, capital of the
Mexican state of Jalisco, is
home to around five
million people. With a
subtropical climate,
summers in Guadalajara
are hot and wet: in the
days before this picture
was taken, temperatures
had been around 31°C,
which is about average for
the time of year.
But on the morning of
Sunday 30 June this year,
the city awoke to streets
covered in ice up to 1.5m
deep. The hailstorm that
caused this scene was
thought to have been
caused by a band of low
pressure moving across
Mexico, combined with the
moist air that comes with
summer time in
Guadalajara. The governor
of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro
Ramírez, tweeted that he
had never witnessed
scenes like it.
Thankfully, no one was
injured during the storm
- although hundreds of
homes were damaged, and
dozens of cars were swept
up in the ood of ice.
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