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Tornado damages homes, causes injuries along Kan. state line

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Tornado damage in Miami County KS. This hay bale was blown into the house photo National Weather Service
Tornado damage in Miami County KS. This hay bale was blown into the house photo National Weather Service

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several homes were damaged but nobody was killed as a tornado carved its way across eastern Kansas and into Missouri.

The Kansas City Star  reports the twister touched down around 6:30 p.m. Friday in Miami County, Kansas, wiping out a few homes in the sparsely populared area west of Hillsdale Lake.

The National Weather Service says the tornado touched down again about half an hour later near the Cass County, Missouri, town of Freeman, about 40 miles south of Kansas City. Cass County Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin Tieman says the storm broke windows and damaged bleachers and the press box around the football field at Cass Midway High School northwest of Freeman.

Tornado damage at Hillsdale Lake in northern Miami County- photo National Weather Service
Tornado damage at Hillsdale Lake in northern Miami County- photo National Weather Service

Miami County Undersheriff Wayne Minckley says there were some minor injuries in his county, but nothing life-threatening.

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