TARIJA, Bolivia – A massive thunderstorm that buried the city of Tarija in southern Bolivia in feet of hail left behind damage to buildings and cars around the city.

Mayor Johnny Torres Terzo said he was working to clean up the hail with risk management workers and other first responders who jumped in to help.

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"This year is an atypical, very problematic year," Torres Terzo said. "We've had fires, now we have ice."

In the video released by the city on Facebook, people were using shovels to lift the hail from the ground.

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In one clip, the mayor holds a meter stick up to the mountain of hail. Though the exact amount of hail is unclear, it measures up to past the mayor's knee.

A backhoe construction vehicle can be seen s

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