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At least one tornado passed through the area wichita, Kansas, in the last few hours, damaged dozens of buildings. The location seems to be the hardest hit at the moment And over, which is about 14 miles east of Wichita. An estimated 50 to 100 buildings were damaged in the area, he said CNN Jim Jonas, the city’s communications director, in a phone interview.
One such damaged facility is the YMCA community center in Andover, City Administrator Jennifer McCausland confirmed. In addition, “several houses and cars were damaged,” he said CNN in a phone interview. “The biggest problem at the moment is clearing the streets.”
The Wichita tornado was one of several tornadoes to make landfall in Kansas, according to Gov. Laura Kelly, who declared a state of emergency. As of 1:25 a.m. local time on Saturday, more than 20,000 homes and businesses in Kansas were without power, according to PowerOutage.us.
Overall, they were reported on Friday 15 tornadoesof which 14 in Kansas or Nebraska, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center. The other tornado was reported Florida.
There were also more than 70 reports of wind damage and over 50 reports of hail. Hail up to 10 cm in diameter has been recorded in Enterprise, Kansas (photo in scrolling gallery above).