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VIDEO: Watch Malaga hit by hailstorm as Storm Gloria hits southern Spain

Malaga was hit by a hailstorm on Thursday morning, turning the provincial capital white and blocking roads.

VIDEO: Watch Malaga hit by hailstorm as Storm Gloria hits southern Spain
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Residents described it as the most powerful hailstorm in living memory as images revealed cars blocked in by a sea of ice and others gingerly made their way to work on foot.

Take a look at this dramatic images.

 

 

Andalusia had until now escaped the worst of Storm Gloria that ravaged the coastline of Spain's eastern Mediterranean region.

But the hailstorm hit the southern city early in the morning on Thursday.

 

The storm made driving very difficult.

 

Until the clean-up operation got underway.

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Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

Blizzards in Denmark this week have resulted in the greatest depth of snow measured in the country for 13 years.

Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

A half-metre of snow, measured at Hald near East Jutland town Randers, is the deepest to have occurred in Denmark since January 2011, national meteorological agency DMI said.

The measurement was taken by the weather agency at 8am on Thursday.

Around 20-30 centimetres of snow was on the ground across most of northern and eastern Jutland by Thursday, as blizzards peaked resulting in significant disruptions to traffic and transport.

A much greater volume of snow fell in 2011, however, when over 100 centimetres fell on Baltic Sea island Bornholm during a post-Christmas blizzard, which saw as much as 135 centimetres on Bornholm at the end of December 2010.

READ ALSO: Denmark’s January storms could be fourth extreme weather event in three months

With snowfall at its heaviest for over a decade, Wednesday saw a new rainfall record. The 59 millimetres which fell at Svendborg on the island of Funen was the most for a January day in Denmark since 1886. Some 9 weather stations across Funen and Bornholm measured over 50cm of rain.

DMI said that the severe weather now looks to have peaked.

“We do not expect any more weather records to be set in the next 24 hours. But we are looking at some very cold upcoming days,” DMI meteorologist and press spokesperson Herdis Damberg told news wire Ritzau.

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