More stormy weather in store for Texas
WYLIE, Texas-- Storms are once again rolling through Texas,a state that's already been hit hard this week.
Hail shot like torpedoes into a backyard pool in Wylie.
At surrounding homes, balls of ice blown by 70-mile-an-hour winds smashed through windows -- leaving entire neighborhoods in disarray.
Tim Tailor couldn't believe the damage to his home, explaining the damage even as glass continued to smash in the background.
Cars in parking lots and driveways took a pounding, too.
Jaime Doggett's new truck only has seven miles on the odometer, but now needs a back window. Doggett called the storm, with softball-sized hail "scary" and "intense" for some time.
It left Stephanie Malhiot riding out the storm inside a closet with her four children.
"Normally for storms, we grab the helmets for the kids we grab shoes for everyone but we didn't have time," Malhiot said.
Since January there have been 188 hail storms across Texas, compared with 82 last year. This year, 30 storms have produced up to two-inch pieces of hail.
On March 15, a storm caused $600 million in damage. Eight days later, another storm added $700 million to the total.
"As we go into the latter half of April and certainly may we could very well see additional storms on this scale," said Meteorologist Tom Bradshaw.
It's just been an unlucky year, he said.
Over the last month, Texas has seen a perfect mix of moist air and instability in the atmosphere, allowing hail to remain suspended in the clouds, where it grows before falling to the ground.
The good news for residents still cleaning out their homes while facing another round of precipitation is that there have so far been no reports of major injuries.
