Saturday, May 05, 2007

9NEWS - Article - Town 95 percent destroyed by tornado; search called off for survivors

re: "GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - Emergency crews called off the search for more victims of a tornado that devastated this southwest Kansas town Friday as fresh rounds of severe weather threatened the area Saturday evening...[snip]...City Administrator Steve Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble. / Among the only structures that survived was the Bar H Tavern, the town's lone bar. It was briefly converted into a morgue...[snip].../ "We want everybody to know, and I plead to the American people as well as the people here in Kansas, this is a huge catastrophe that has happened to our small town," Hewitt said. "All my downtown is gone. My home is gone. My staff's homes are gone. And we've got to find a way to get this to work and come to work every day and get this thing back on its feet. It's going to be tough."..."...

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