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November 22, 2008 7:58:15 CST



Twister Levels Kansas Town, Leaving 9 Dead

Posted May 6, 07 5:06 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – A wedge tornado more than a mile wide carried off the city of Greensburg, Kansas, yesterday, destroying virtually the entire town and killing at least nine residents. Some Kansans are calling it one of the worst twisters in more than a decade. "I can't believe the destruction I'm seeing," a local Fire Marshall told the Kansas City Star.

The town has been closed off and evacuated, as FEMA rescue workers and volunteers are scrambling to locate survivors; the farming community's only bar has been requisitioned as a makeshift morgue. Witnesses say the rebuilding effort will be beyond daunting. "I'm worried about two weeks from now, when the volunteers go home," a city administrator said.

Source Wichita Eagle

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