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Record Breaking Texas Hailstorms Cost Billions in 2016

Courtesy: WFAA TV

TEXAS HAIL DAMAGE 2016: Hailstorms caused over five-billion-dollars-worth of damage to Texas homes in 2016. That amounts to the highest annual losses ever – topping the previous record set in 2015 of almost 2-billion-dollars in losses. Last year – between April and May – 45 hailstorms were pummeling some part of the Lone Star state.  The Insurance Council of Texas cited the reason for such losses were due to large metropolitan areas being hit by massive hailstorms.

Mark Hanna, Spokesperson for Insurance Council of Texas

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.