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An hour long hailstorm put upside down the lives of the San Miguel de Allende residents who watched in disbelief as the streets flooded with ice and water within minutes. The storm shed all leaves from trees and even uprooted a few, power lines fell, walls collapsed, damaged roofs and closed avenues.
The current carried away everything on its path, fortunately there are no human casualties to mourn.
The Hailstorm arrived along with the rain unexpectedly at 12:00 a.m. and both lasted until 1:00 a.m.
Suddenly the streets and yards were carpeted in white, ice pebbles were falling everywhere, first drawing admiration, but increasingly raising worries for a possible flooding… which indeed happened.
This is a damage report shared by Protección Civil, gathered from the 911 calls:
- Damaged Roof across the street from Hotel Mision Molino
- Short circuit in Aldama, Downtown
Floods:
- Arboledas 77, Downtown
- Protección Civil administrative building
- Tejocotes 71, Arboledas
- San Juan Bautista 4, Los Santos
- Principal 56, Aurora
- Pirul 25, Infonavit La Luz
- Montitlan .20, Balcones
- Canal, Downtown
- Santo Domingo 40, Atascadero
- Cipres 21, Infonavit La Luz
- 20 de Enero 47, San Antonio
- Cipres 25, Infonavit La Luz
Fallen trees:
- Indio Triste, Barrio San Juan De Dios
- Obstructed drain, Zacateros.81, Centro
- Av. Primero de Mayo, Ignacio Ramirez
Damages:
- Av. Cienfuegos, Ignacio Ramirez. Over Boulevard and el Caracol gas station
- Santo Domingo, Downtown
- Cielito Lindo, Guadalupe. Salon de Fiestas Piña
- Av. Las Americas, Ignacio Ramirez. Estadio Capi Correa
- Lidless drain, Real, exit to Queretaro, in front of Cedro
- Lidless drain, Hernandez Macias, downtown
- Calandria, Infonavit La Luz
- Short circuit, Biznaga, Palmita de Landeta
Fallen power lines:
- Revolucion 35, Ignacio Ramirez
- Avenue obstructed, exit to Celaya, near Pollo Feliz
- Hanging power lines, Biznaga, Palmita de Landeta
- Av. Del Bordo 20, Palmita de Landeta
Blocked streets:
- Carretera a Queretaro, near Glorieta Estrella
- Prolongacion de Montitlan 13-A, Balcones
Collapsed walls:
- Callejon 1, Fracc La Aldea
- Libramiento Jose Manuel Zavala, en Gasolinera El Caracol
- Piedras Chinas 2, Centro
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