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Hail turns city white - and Sacramentans flood social media with photos, videos

From the Capitol to the Interstate 80 and Highway 50 corridors, residents were shocked as the landscape was blanketed in white amid a storm Monday afternoon.

The city and surrounding areas were seemingly transformed into a winter wonderland - not due to snow, but hail.

"Looking like snow!" wrote Twitter user @g3rck.

"That’s not snow... crazy hail in West Sacramento!" commented @ThatChrisNelson on Twitter.

Residents took to Twitter in droves to share their accounts, photos and videos from the event. Here's a sample:

This story was originally published February 26, 2018 at 3:06 PM with the headline "Hail turns city white - and Sacramentans flood social media with photos, videos."

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