Golf-Ball Hailstones Destroy Cop Car Fleet

Story By: Anna Guran, Sub EditorJoseph GolderAgency: Central European News

Video Credit: CEN/@StorozhynetsІnfo

This footage shows huge hailstones bouncing off the ground like golf balls while photos show damaged cop cars with holes in the windows after they were reportedly smashed in the downpour.

According to local media, the roofs of schools, hospitals and dozens of homes were also damaged in the city of Storozhynets in the south-western Ukrainian region of Chernivtsi Oblast region.

Reports said that the devastating hailstorm affected farmland, parked cars and even damaged the entire fleet of vehicles belonging to the Storozhynetsky police department.

Pictures Credit: CEN/@StorozhynetsІnfo

Chernivtsi councillor Ivan Muntean said on social media that the huge hailstones destroyed 70 percent of the roof of Storozhynetskaya Secondary School No. 1 while windows were also smashed.

Meanwhile, the storm also reportedly flooded the fourth floor of the district hospital.

According to the local authorities, the roofs of four educational institutions and at least 12 residential homes were also damaged by the bad weather.

Reports said that at least 26 homes in the area are still without electricity.

Muntean added: “Tomorrow, I will meet with the heads of the region’s forestry industry and ask them to provide timber to restore roofs and damaged buildings.

“If we do not fix the roofs of the schools, the new term will be disrupted and this cannot be allowed to happen.”

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