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'It damaged every building and house in town' | Yuma tallying up hail damage week after storm

The storm caused tens of millions of dollars in damage, but the full total hasn't been added up yet.

YUMA COUNTY, Colo. — In Yuma, a town of around 3,500, there are certain days that everyone will remember. May 20, 2024, is one of them. 

"Every single house has been damaged completely," said Adam Zimmerman with Victory Construction"The whole town. No one is left out of this. Everyone got affected by this."

The storm rolled through nine days ago. It left behind a town still working to clean up.

"It just pummeled the City of Yuma," said Angela Cordell, who works with the city. "Boarded windows, broken glass everywhere."

Yuma is working to tally up exactly how much damage was caused to buildings, cars and crops on nearby farms. From there they'll determine if they can ask the state or the federal government for help covering the costs. 

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Luke Goeglein’s phone has been ringing constantly with people filing insurance claims.

"Definitely expensive," Goeglein said. "We’re going to be cleaning up for a long time."

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The hailstorm lasted for nearly an hour. In a part of Colorado used to extreme weather, this storm shredded and dented every car, building and fence in its path.

"You can see all the hail and broken glass. That's inside my house," Goeglein said, showing a picture of glass shards and hail on the floor.

Every house looks like that on nearly every block in town. It’s a reality that will take time to fix.  

"It’s beat up the entire house all the way back down to the bones of the house," Zimmerman said. "All I’ve been trying to do is give people peace of mind more than anything. We’re going to fix this. No one is hurt. Everything can be fixed. A lot of stress going on in this town about the future."

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It's a future that includes more storms Wednesday night.

"We’re hoping and praying that we escape tonight," Goeglein said. "We don’t need another one."

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