Driving home to Ottawa despite a tornado warning Tuesday afternoon, Terry Seymour pulled to the side of Kansas Highway 10 when visibility dropped to less than 10 feet in the rain. “I figured I would try to get as close to home as I could before having to pull over,” Seymour said. “Everything hit the fan.” Seymour was caught in the devastating EF-4 tornado on the South Lawrence Trafficway. His leg was ...
LINWOOD — Watching traffic pass by his decimated home from his insulation-coated chair, Linwood resident Tim Bunrein became emotional while reflecting on Tuesday’s tornado. “I’m lucky,” Bunrein said. “This stuff, we can fix it.” A mile-wide tornado, which originally touched down in southwestern Douglas County, destroyed almost 20 homes in Linwood and Leavenworth county Tuesday evening, according ...
The American Red Cross closed its shelter for tornado victims at the Douglas County Fairgrounds at noon Thursday because no one arrived requiring help, a Red Cross official said. Jane Blocher, director of the local American Red Cross chapter, said several people had preregistered for space at the shelter, but they never arrived. The shelter opened Tuesday night after an EF-4 tornado passed through parts of ...