Posted on 05/05/2007 10:07:29 AM PDT by kellynla
GREENSBURG, Kansas, May 5, 2007 – A strong storm system moved through central Kansas last night spinning off several tornados and causing extensive damage in Macksville, Trousdale, St. John and Claflin.
Reports on the ground indicate that 50 percent of Greensburg has suffered extensive damage with the downtown area "wiped out," according to witnesses. A storm spotter sent KSN a lightning-backlit photo of the tornado.
We talked with one eyewitness on the phone who was in Greensburg just after the storm.
"We had to take a back road to get into town," she said. "It's gone. There's nothing left."
Early Saturday morning it was announced that the entire town of Greensburg was to be evacuated. Authorities report they are going door-to-door searching for survivors. So far, there have been seven fatalities reported and more than 60 injuries with casualties being transported to hospitals as far away as Wichita.
After Greensburg, the storm continued through Macksville in Stafford County, and then continued to St. John where reports came in of 80 mph winds and damage.
The storm later moved into Barton and Rice counties causing some minor damage between Ellinwood and Great Bend before moving into Claflin. Reports there indicate the city has sustained damage with missing roofs along with downed power lines and trees.
(Excerpt) Read more at ksn.com ...
Our local storm chasers were up there, and say it was a mile wide at some points. Nightmare storm.
What a monster this sounds like!
I predict the MSM coverage will be minimal, since most of them would be hard-pressed to locate Kansas on a map.
“Our local storm chasers were up there, and say it was a mile wide at some points”
The funnel???
Yes, it was a real monster tornado.
No kidding. Plus, the ones from the east coast will insist it couldn’t possibly be as bad as a nor’easter, and the ones from the west coast will swear up and down that in this entire history of this planet, winds have never been that high so it must have been something done deliberately by President Bush. ;)
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