‘We felt hopeless': Hail storm blows through Colorado community

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18-06-2025

MILLIKEN, Colo. (KDVR) — Hail slammed into the town of Milliken on Tuesday, shattering solar panels and other items. One woman FOX31 spoke with said she woke up to the sound of hail pounding her roof in the night.
'The amount of windows on cars that are gone is just crazy. And so I just kind of put in perspective how quickly things can kind of turn a little dark for our little town,' said Morganne Brown, who lives in Milliken.
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Brown said she was fast asleep when she heard the hail, which woke everyone in the house up. Her dad thought someone was breaking into the house.
When they stepped outside after the storm had passed, their pergola was full of holes and some of their plants were destroyed.
'Walking out around 7:30, 8 o'clock this morning and just realized like okay, like that actually did damage and then going through our town and seeing the damage through the town, like it kind of became real for sure,' Brown said.
A hailstorm came powering through her neighborhood in Milliken. Signs of the damage left behind from the storm can be seen all over, on the roofs and on the cars parked outside.
Brown says as the storm hit, she was inside with her dogs thinking of their seven chickens who live in their backyard.
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'It was it was scary. It was kind of one of those moments of just like we hope our animals know what to do, but also we were just kind of we felt hopeless,' Brown said.
When they realized what was happening, they got together in the center of the house, worried that something bigger was coming.
'We also thought a tornado was coming because we just assumed you don't get that kind of weather without a tornado,' Brown said. 'But hopefully we see the light in a couple of days.'
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