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At least 17 tornadoes were reported in seven states overnight into Tuesday morning. The twisters were reported in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee and South Dakota.

Two Kansas towns, Grinnell and Plevna, suffered damage from the tornadoes. Other damage from the tornadoes was found in Sheridan, Stafford, Kiowa and Pratt counties.

Officials say a tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and buildings, injured several people and left more than 15,000 people without power. In ...

Posted: Jun 26, 2025 / 09:08 AM CDT Updated: Jun 26, 2025 / 09:08 AM CDT WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall is leading a push for federal disaster aid from the tornadoes back in May.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Authorities checking on a car stranded in a field Saturday morning found two people killed by a powerful storm that raked Kansas a day earlier with at least 17 tornadoes.

ANDOVER, Kan. -- A powerful tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area Friday night, leveling dozens of structures in the city of Andover, according to officials, CNN reported.

Most of the confirmed tornadoes were rated as less-intense EF0, EF1 and EF2s on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. But 23 were classified as EF3 tornadoes, with wind speeds of 136-165 mph.

Among the notable severe weather reports was a wind gust of 101 mph in Wichita, Kansas, at 4:22 a.m. CT Tuesday morning as the storms charged across the central Plains overnight and into the pre ...

Tornadoes strafed the Kansas City metropolitan area straddling Kansas and Missouri Tuesday night, barely a week after a massive tornado ripped through the Missouri state capital of Jefferson City.