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Wylie digging out after storm

by | Apr 27, 2016 | Latest

Blue plastic tarps dot neighborhoods, indicating houses that sustained substantial hail damage in a storm that struck April 11 throughout Wylie.

Blue plastic tarps dot neighborhoods, indicating houses that sustained substantial hail damage in a storm that struck April 11 throughout Wylie.

 

By Joe Reavis

Staff Writer

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Wylie residents have spent the past two weeks digging out from damage sustained during a destructive hailstorm April 12 and have banded together to help each other.

The Insurance Council of Texas estimates that 80 percent of the homes in Wylie sustained damage in the storm when they were pounded by hailstones as big as softballs. That is about 12,000 homes and Mark Hanna of ICT noted that twice as many cars as homes were damaged.

For the full story see the April 27 issue and the e-Edition at http://www.etypeservices.com/Wylie%20NewsID245/default.aspx

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