Cars Engulfed by Massive Hailstorm in Guadalajara

A freak summer hailstorm in the Mexican city of Guadalajara on Sunday left dozens of cars buried in ice more than 1 meter (3.28-feet) thick, authorities said.

The hail began raining down on six suburbs in Guadalajara, mainly in Rancho Blanco and in the Industrial Zone, around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Enrique Alfaro Ramirez, the Governor of Jalisco, said in a tweet describing the situation.

In less than two hours, the hail reached heights of up to 1 meter, blocking streets, damaging 457 homes and burying 50 vehicles. Soldiers joined city workers in cleaning up the streets.

"At two in the morning the hailstorm started.At that moment my daughter started screaming at me that the water began to get in through the window.We have never seen anything like this," Omar García, a resident of the area told El Informador.

In video posted to Twitter, Alfaro said he'd never seen anything like Sunday's hailstorm before, noting that the ice storm had blanketed part of the city with "tens of centimeters." The governor suggested that the summer hailstorm was actually the result of climate change.

"This is not a natural phenomenon that we had not seen before," Alfaro said in Spanish in the video.

At least ten people had to be treated for hypothermia following the storm according to Guadalajara Mayor, Ismael del Toro, El Informador reported.

According to Accuweather, the storm followed several days of warm and dry weather, with temps hitting 90 degrees.