Driving through the upper northeast of the city is still a shocking experience, with home after home, neighbourhood after neighbourhood, still sporting hail-ravaged siding and boarded up windows ...

Many other reports showed hail had caused heavy damage to siding, windows and skylights in various parts of the city. Vehicles were also damaged, with windshields smashed and bodies dented.

Dr. Julian Brimelow, Northern Hail Project’s executive director, said even though the damage from the 2020 storm was perhaps more severe, the spatial extent of the Aug. 5 storm was similar.

Really, it’s wind-driven with the hail, and it’s just blowing it into the sides of the home. The First thing we are going to do is going to look at the exterior of the home, such as your ...

Risk: catastrophic home and vehicle damage, serious injury, and death When a hailstone reaches baseball size, or about 70 mm across, windshields can be shattered, and the hail can even become deadly.