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Damage from an Apparent Tornado
in the town of Harveyville in Wabaunsee County Kansas,
early this morning.
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As I told you last night there was a high risk for Thunderstorms and Tornadoes to occur. that's exactly what happened. Yesterday over 160 reports of severe weather were received by the National weather Service including 13 tornadoes in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska.
A potent storm system brought a string of possible tornadoes leaving at least 12 people dead and hundreds injured as it tore roofs from buildings, upturned trailers and created chaos across a broad area of the Midwest. Reports of Numerous homes in rubble, trees and power lines down and gas service out across Harveyville,Kansas.In Branson, Mo., there were at least a dozen injuries including people trapped in their homes. Also an apparent tornado moved through downtown Branson, heavily damaging the city's famous theaters.The owner of a 1950s-style diner in Branson said it looked like the tornado targeted the city's main tourism strip.John Moore owns Cakes-n-Creams '50s Diner in the middle of Highway 76, which runs through the city and is locally known as the Branson Strip. On Wednesday morning someone said that it appeared that the tornado moved down the entertainment district, jumping from side to side, before damaging the convention center.Then it moved across Lake Taneycomo, up what is known as Mount Branson and hit homes in a subdivision. As of Thursday all towns started picking up the peices. Head here for more details, on the storm: /http://kplr11.com/2012/02/29/branson-takes-direct-hit-from-tornado/
In total the NWS issued 65 Tornado warnings since last night. The Threat for Severe weather continues today in the northeast states with a moderate to high risk as highlighted by The Storm Prediction Centre. As well heavy snow continues on the northern part of this system.
A potent storm system brought a string of possible tornadoes leaving at least 12 people dead and hundreds injured as it tore roofs from buildings, upturned trailers and created chaos across a broad area of the Midwest. Reports of Numerous homes in rubble, trees and power lines down and gas service out across Harveyville,Kansas.In Branson, Mo., there were at least a dozen injuries including people trapped in their homes. Also an apparent tornado moved through downtown Branson, heavily damaging the city's famous theaters.The owner of a 1950s-style diner in Branson said it looked like the tornado targeted the city's main tourism strip.John Moore owns Cakes-n-Creams '50s Diner in the middle of Highway 76, which runs through the city and is locally known as the Branson Strip. On Wednesday morning someone said that it appeared that the tornado moved down the entertainment district, jumping from side to side, before damaging the convention center.Then it moved across Lake Taneycomo, up what is known as Mount Branson and hit homes in a subdivision. As of Thursday all towns started picking up the peices. Head here for more details, on the storm: /http://kplr11.com/2012/02/29/branson-takes-direct-hit-from-tornado/
In total the NWS issued 65 Tornado warnings since last night. The Threat for Severe weather continues today in the northeast states with a moderate to high risk as highlighted by The Storm Prediction Centre. As well heavy snow continues on the northern part of this system. 
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