Hail

Damage from hailstorms is one factor driving up the cost of homeowners’ insurance in recent years in Colorado. And a new report from the state’s Division of Insurance finds that the threat of hail increases costs all across Colorado – not just along the Front Range. Today on In The NoCo: Why hail is behind higher premiums – and what state lawmakers might do to help.

Hail is the biggest driver of insurance hikes. It means price increases are being felt across the state — not just in the mountains but also in the suburbs.

Mountain communities stuck with helping to foot bill for Front Range hail hazard. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this article with Steamboat Pilot reporter Suzie Romig and read the entire story at the link below.

Researchers are working on the largest study of hail in the U.S. in 40 years.

Colorado's Climate Extremes Committee is considering whether a hailstone that fell in Yuma County last week is the biggest in state history. The decision might come down to a storm chaser's photo.

Researchers found that those wildfires increase the “occurrences of heavy precipitation rates by 38%” in our region, according to their work in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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