HARVEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) Kansas emergency management officials say the tornado that took out a big chunk of Harveyville in eastern Kansas was an EF-2 with wind speeds of 120 to 130 mph.
The National Weather Service says at least half the town of roughly 250 people southwest of Topeka suffered damage from the storm that hit just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Sharon Watson, a spokeswoman for the state adjutant general, says 14 people were injured in the tornado. Eight were treated at the scene by EMS personnel and six were transported to Topeka hospitals, where five were treated and released and one remained in critical condition.
The tornado was part of a powerful system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes across the Midwest late Tuesday and early Wednesday, killing at least nine people.
