Hailstones batter cars in Leicestershire | Car Talk - Car News Jun 2012

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12:36 Friday 29 Jun 2012

Some weather we had yesterday wasn't it? We had flash floods, thunderstorms and, for some unfortunate motorists, freak hailstorms.

Our thanks go to Tom McCready who sent us in these photographs after hailstones the size of cricket balls wreaked destruction by destroying car windows and denting bodywork in Leicestershire.

The AA received an unusually high number of claims from motorists in Leicestershire yesterday and a number of cars face being written off by the unusual weather.

Just take a look at the pictures below to witness the destruction for yourself:

 

Hail

 

Hail

 

Hail

 

Hail

It wasn't just cars that were damaged in the storm.

 

Hail

 

Click on the image below to see a video of cars getting pummelled by hailstones in Dallas, Texas:

 

Dallas Hail

 

Images © Tom McCready

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