A tornado-warned storm killed at least one person and injured three others in northeast Kansas on Tuesday, April 30, local authorities said.
A Pottawatomie County spokesperson said first responders were conducting grid searches in Westmoreland to survey the damage.
Footage taken by MyRadar storm chaser Matthew Cappucci shows a funnel cloud near Centralia, northeast of Westmoreland, on Tuesday.
Twenty-two homes and four outbuildings in north Westmoreland were destroyed, along with a number of RVs, officials said. Credit: MyRadar via Storyful
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