Posted on 05/05/2007 10:11:05 AM PDT by kellynla
CNN) -- A powerful tornado killed at least six people as it wiped out Greensburg, Kansas, on Friday night, emergency official Sharon Watson said Saturday.
A seventh person died in Stafford County, about 30 miles away, according to Watson, of the Kansas Emergency Management Agency.
The storm destroyed or seriously damaged about 90 percent of the rural town, the American Red Cross said. Greensburg has about 1,600 residents and is located about 110 miles west of Wichita.
The twister demolished the central business district, city hall and a high school, but the courthouse remained standing, witnesses said.
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Prayers for all of them.
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