Vehicle Covered in Dents After Hailstorm in Bordeaux

A vehicle was left covered in dents after a hailstorm struck Bordeaux, France, on June 20.

Twitter user Stanislas told Storyful that he recorded this video of damage to his car in Cauderan, Bordeaux, after an evening hailstorm passed. He also shared an image of the golf-ball-sized hailstones that fell.

“Well, we’re going to call the insurance tomorrow,” he said in a tweet, according to a machine translation. Credit: Stanislas via Storyful

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