© FOX26 Houston KRIVImages captured by Fox affiliate FOX26 Houston KRIV show extensive damage to Fighting Jays Solar in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Aerial footage provided by Ryan Ashcraft of Ashcraft Aviation shows several damaged solar panels on a 4,000-acre farm near Damon. Ashcraft told Storyful that he was flying with his girlfriend and best friend to go check on their cattle in a neighboring county when they noticed the panels on the solar farm. "They all looked like shattered windshields from the hailstorm a few days before," Ashcraft said.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the area was hit by a severe thunderstorm with large hail and damaging winds on March 16. Other solar farms in southern Texas were also damaged during the storm.
According to South Texas Solar Systems, hail damage to solar panels "can lead to a decrease in efficiency as well as an increased risk of fire."
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