Hail Wipes Out 27 Colorado Springs Police Cars

Colorado Springs often gets random hail storms that blow through in the middle of the summer, but Thursday night's storm was a new beast for many people.Residents mainly living in northeast Colorado Springs, Security-Widefield and Fountain woke up Friday to find severe hail damage had pummeled their property.Windows of cars and homes were smashed, dents covered almost every car hood, roofs were beaten, cloth canopies were shredded, plants and trees were ripped apart.Colorado Springs Utilities said the weather wiped out power to 1,800 customers in the Cimarron Hills area.Eighteen residents of the Value Place Motel were displaced by storm damage, according to the American Red Cross.