The family was inside at the time
A powerful storm moved through Saratoga County Thursday night bringing quarter-sized hail and damaging wind gusts. Jack Aversa, who lives on Sand Spurrey Road in Malta had just grabbed his phone to take video of the hail, that's when he heard a very loud noise. He tells NewsChannel 13:
I just had the door open in the front and was taking a video, and all of a sudden I heard boom! And then I saw the ceiling come down, and it, my wife was sitting on the couch, so I wanted to try to get her to safety as soon as possible
Aversa says he and his family got out safely, a neighbor called 911 to report the tree down.
- A large tree came down during Thursday afternoon storms, taking out nearly half of the house
- Damage seen from the front
- The hail storm happened just before the tree game down
- A close up look at the damage
- Extensive damage to the roof
- A close up look at the damage
- What's left of the tree
- Homeowner Jack Aversa tells NewsChannel 13 about the damage to his home

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