Last month, several villages in three mandals of Rangareddy in Andhra Pradesh were completely transformed as snow covered the entire area after a violent bout ofhailstorm. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for people living in seven villages in Chevella, Moinabad and Shankarpally as hailstones, some as large as boulders, startedfalling from the sky for the second day in continuation. Several animals were killed.