US hail storm carries estimated $169 million price tag

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Channel: Civil Disturbia · 2018 · News & Politics

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Last week's massive overnight hail storm that hit Fountain and southern Colorado Springs cost an estimated $169 million.

Data from the non-profit Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association shows 26,000 claims against auto and homeowners insurance policies have been filed as of June 22nd.

Baseball and golf ball sized hail pounded roofs, windows cars and everything else as the storm came roaring through before dawn on June 13th. According to RMIIA, this was the 12th most expensive hail storm in the state's history.

On the morning everyone was surveying the damage, a woman in Fountain told News 5, "I drove the neighborhood, I didn't see a car without a broken windshield. It's going to be a catastrophe for everybody."

SOURCE: http://www.koaa.com/story/38488838/hail-storm-that-pounded-fountain-carries-an-estimated-169-million-price-tag

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