Giant hailstones the size of baseballs caused chaos in Kansas following a severe storm that pounded the state, resulting in shattered car windows and damaged homes.
The massive ice chunks, some measuring up to four inches wide, fell on Kansas City during the overnight hours of Tuesday. Startled residents photographed the monstrous hailstones and likened them to tennis and golf balls.
Images of the destruction captured by KSHB and Fox 4 revealed numerous vehicles with broken windows and houses missing tiles from their roofs in the aftermath of the storm.
Christina Peek, a local resident, recounted her experience to Fox 4, stating, “It was bright and sunny out, and not even a cloud in the sky. While I was sitting in the drive-through, it just kind of rolled in. The hail started while I was in the drive-through, and then it was just a crazy mad dash to get home, and it was hitting my car, golf-ball size, and then it just got bigger and bigger to baseball size.”
Mackenzie Vincent, another resident, discovered significant damage to her car windows, with large holes resembling those made by baseballs. She shared, “I came to look at the car and had the usual dents and stuff. Then I got to the back, and it looked like a couple of baseballs had gone through the back windshield.”
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