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. >> reporter: baseball-sized hail forced stephanie malhiot to ride out of storm with her four kids inside this closet. >> normally for storms, we grab the helmetes for the kids and we grab shoes for everyone but we didn't have time to do that. >> reporter: since january, there have been 188 hail storms across texas, compared to 82 last year. 30 of this year's storms have produced hail two inches or larger. a march 16 storm caused $600 million in damage. seven days later, hail caused $700 million in damage. meteorologist tom bradshaw. >> as we go into the latter half of april and certainly may we could very well see additional storms on this scale. >> reporter: bradshaw said it's been an unlucky year. for the last month, over texas there has been a perfect mix of moist air and instability in the aatmosphere, keeping hail suspended in the clouds for a longer period of time, allowing them to grow larger before falling. >> this is really, really unusual. >> reporter: there is some good news, scott. there were no reports of any major injuries. >> pelley: omar, thank you. today, the house appro

. >> reporter: baseball sized hail, forced stephanie malhiot to ride out the storm with four kids inside the closet. >> in storms we grab the helmets and shoes for everyone. we didn't have time to do that. >> reporter: since january there have been 188 hail storms across texas compared to 82 last year. 30 of this year's storms have produced hail 2 inches or larger. a march 16th storm caused $600 million in damage. seven days later, hail caused $700 million in damage. meteorologist tom bradshaw. >> we go into the latter half of april, and certainly may, we could very well see additional storms on this scale. has just been an unlucky year. for the last month over texas there has been a perfect mix of moist air and instability in the atmosphere keeping the hail suspended in the cloud for a longer period of time allowing them to grow larger before falling. >> this is really, really unusual. >> reporter: there is some good news, scott. there were no reports of any major injuries. >> omar, thank you. >>> today, the house approved financial incentives for companies that are developing treatment