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Photos show freak summer hail storm coating Guadalajara's roads with 5 feet of snow and ice

Alexandra Ma   

Photos show freak summer hail storm coating Guadalajara's roads with 5 feet of snow and ice
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  • Six suburbs in Guadalajara, southwestern Mexico, experienced a freak hail storm early Sunday morning.
  • The city's roads were blanketed with up to five feet of ice.
  • Dozens of vehicles were swept away, and homes were damaged. But there have been no reports of injuries or deaths.
  • State governor Enrique Alfaro tweeted that these were "scenes that I had never seen before ... we asked ourselves if climate change exists."
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A freak hail storm blanketed large parts of Guadalajara on Sunday, coating the southwestern Mexican city's roads with up to five feet of ice and snow.

The city had been experiencing temperatures of about 31 degrees Celsius (88 degrees Fahrenheit) in the days before the unexpected storm.

Dozens of vehicles were swept away, and cars and trucks were submerged by the storms. Homes and businesses also reported damage.

There have been no reports of injuries or deaths, although there were two reports of people suffering from hypothermia, according to AFP.

Scroll down to learn more about the freak weather event through photos.

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