The hail that reached the Madrid metro tunnels and flooded the Salamanca district

On Wednesday June 1, 1971, the sky opened over central Madrid between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. It rained heavily and, even worse, it also hailed. So much, and with such passion, that…

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