horrot night

Horror night

Kansas Reading County, the heart directly by a tornado swept through, a 22 tornado-hit areas.

Kansas, emergency services spokeswoman Sharon Watson said, a tornado in the Reading County to a "big swing" county building badly damaged.

The initial report, Reading County damaged at least 200 houses, 20 houses completely destroyed. Damaged houses concentrated in the town center.

As of the 22nd night, Reading County water and electricity supply still in the interrupt status.

When a tornado ravaged the county in Reading, Reading, Gail Lewis is driven to the county to visit friends, before rescue personnel to the Da Leiding, the county seat after having just witnessed the tornado scene.

"County church one wall was completely blown down," Lewis said, "For such a small town, the people have experienced the horror night."louis vuitton damier graphite canvas 

Rescue workers rushed to the emergency department after the first evacuation of residents of the county, and then check if anyone was trapped inside the collapsed houses, and finally assess their losses.

Siege swept County

At 18:00 on the 22nd, Reading County citizens be allowed to return home briefly assess the damage and then leave again.County emergency services spokesman 塔米沃帕特 said, for security reasons, the residents at 9:00 on the 23rd before he can go home.

Reading County residents temporarily in a school, emergency services school set up temporary shelters for hundreds of shelter.

Preliminary inventory shows, Reading County, a 53-year-old man collapsed houses killed 5 people were injured.

Kansas, Jefferson County also suffered tornado. Reuters reported that Jefferson County is almost entirely destroyed a mobile home, two elderly people trapped under the rubble for several hours for Housing, and ultimately rescued. They sustained minor injuries.

Sam Brownback of Kansas governor announced afternoon of 22 Reading County, Jefferson County, a state of emergency in 16 counties.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with each accompanied by a typhoon victims," ​​Brownback said.

In Minnesota, tornadoes, 22 afternoon visit to the state capital directly Minneapolis, invasion of a residential area north of the city, dozens of homes and hundreds of fallen trees.

Minneapolis municipal spokeswoman Sara Dietrich said a tornado north of the city, a local fallen trees after being injured, sent to the hospital died. Another 19 people were injured, has been in hospital for treatment.

Minneapolis fire department heads Xielipeien told Reuters the direction of the city in the north and northeast about 10 square kilometers in hard-hit, tornado knocked the roof, pulling down trees, blowing off water and electricity, many people homeless go back to.

Beijing time at 8:45 on the 23rd, and the other tornadoes in southwest Missouri, the formation of more immediately against the County. Local network media, a hospital collapsed Joop Town, 24 people were killed. Missouri water supply disruptions in some areas, mobile communication partially paralyzed.

Joop Town where the Newton County Coroner Mark Briggs phone told Reuters, Joop Town at least 30 people were killed.

Not yet over

The National Weather Service meteorologist George Phillips said, sweeping Kansas tornado to EF3 level, wind speed up to an hour 265 kilometers.

National Weather Service using the "Fujita" tornado strength assessment, the wind speed from slow to fast into EF0 to EF5-level class, EF3-level wind speeds between 219-266 km per hour, the highest level of EF5-level wind speeds higher than 322 per hour km.

The National Weather Service said that, despite frequent tornadoes since this spring, but every year there Kansas tornado disaster, this year the number of tornadoes to patronize described as "minimal."louis vuitton damier purses 

Early morning on the 22nd Kansas tornado is the first time in May this year, tornadoes, and last year in May tornado outbreak in the state by a total of 157 times.

In addition, U.S. weather experts have warned, the next few days, Dalian, northeast of Lake neighborhood five possible thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail. Under certain conditions, thunderstorms may evolve within a short time and generate a tornado ravaged the northern and central Mississippi Valley region.