Freak hailstones batter Chinese city for THREE HOURS as video captures the scary downpour

A severe hailstorm battered the Chinese city of Guiyang leaving chunks of ice on the roads.
The storm wreaked havoc for as long as three hours on the evening of April 5 with hailstones the size of an egg, reports the People's Daily Online.
The large hailstones shattered windows and damaged vehicles.
Video footage shows the severity of the storm.
Vehicles can be seen struggling to get through the high waters.
The ground can be seen covered in large chunks of ice.
At one point, vehicles can be seen with their alarms going off due to the force of the storm.
The Guizhou Provincial Meteorological Observatory said that the central part of Guizhou Province was heavily hit by the storm.
Some townships had heavy rain while in the east of the province, there was strong lightning, winds and hailstones.
Pictures show the aftermath of the incident and the cleanup operation.
Roads were left flooded by the freak storm.