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Another toronado in Kansas, more severe weather in Central Kansas possible!
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"Deadly twister flattens Kansas town"
POSTED: 1:25 p.m. EDT, May 5, 2007
" (CNN) -- A powerful tornado killed at least six people as it wiped out Greensburg, Kansas, on Friday night, emergency official Sharon Watson said Saturday. A seventh person died in Stafford County, about 30 miles away, according to Watson, of the Kansas Emergency Management Agency.
The storm destroyed or seriously damaged about 90 percent of the rural town, the American Red Cross said. Greensburg has about 1,600 residents and is located about 110 miles west of Wichita.
The twister demolished the central business district, city hall and a high school, but the courthouse remained standing, witnesses said.
"There's just nothing left in a lot of these areas," said Sgt. Ron Knoefel of the Kansas Highway Patrol. (Watch homes turned into piles of bricks and splintered wood  )
Greensburg was evacuated as rescuers continued to search for victims, City Administrator Steve Hewitt told CNN affiliate KSN.
"We will not reopen the town until we know it's safe for the residents to come back," Hewitt said.
According to the National Weather Service, central Kansas may face more severe weather Saturday afternoon into the overnight hours.
The Kiowa County Memorial Hospital partially collapsed, trapping 30 people who were later rescued with minor injuries, according to Watson.
About 55 people who were injured by the storm in Greensburg were driven 50 miles east to Pratt Regional Medical Center for treatment, according to hospital spokeswoman Kim Stivers. Some of them were transferred to other hospitals. "
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/05/05/severe.weather/index.html
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