The tally is in and Texarkana took a $155 million beating in the April Fool’s Day hailstorm.

The amount was arrived at after totals of $95 million for Texas and $60 million for Arkansas were recorded by Insurance Service Office Property Claim Services.

“That’s a significant amount. A lot more than I would have estimated it to be even though I knew there was significant damage,” said Texarkana, Ark., Mayor Horace Shipp.

Texas-side Mayor James Bramlett said he was not surprised by the multi-million dollar figure.

“I expected it to be high, the stor...

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