TORNADOES DEVASTATE GREENSBURG, KANSAS

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TORNADOES DEVASTATE GREENSBURG, KANSAS

• MAY 4-6, 2008

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ONE OF THE TORNADOES SEEN NEAR GREENSBURG, KANSAS
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TORNADOES

• Eighty-five tornadoes ripped through the Plains
  States on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 4-6,
  touching down in Kansas, Oklahoma, and South
  Dakota.
• One of them, a half-mile-wide wedge-tornado
  with winds of 205 miles/hour devastated the town
  of Greensburg, Kansas on Friday night.

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TORNADOES

• It destroyed 95 percent of Greensburg, a town of
  1,500 people.
• Homes, two schools, a hospital, commercial
  buildings, and infrastructure were destroyed by
  the high winds.

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MUSEUM METEORITE FOUND IN DEBRIS
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FEMA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR BRIEFS THE PRESS
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CLEAN UP IS UNDERWAY
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THE FUTURE

• Only ten deaths! Thirty minutes of early warning
  paid off.
• The 1,500 residents of Greensburg are now
  committed to the difficult task of rebuilding
  homes, two schools, a hospital, commercial and
  government buildings, infrastructure, and the
  lives that were destroyed and changed by the
  tornado.

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SEARCH AND RESCUE

• In Greensburg, first responders searching for
  survivors had to deal with rubble that was up to
  20 30 feet deep.
• Fortunately, the people had about 30 minutes of
  warning before the tornado reached Greensburg and
  were able to go to basements and safe rooms.
• Although devastation was almost total, the death
  toll was only 10..