Man injured, widespread damage reported after tornado slams part of SE Kansas

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A tornado-producing storm in southeastern Kansas injured at the very least one individual and precipitated in depth damage.

Montgomery County Emergency Preparedness Director Rick Whitson reported that the damage was to a person in Sycamore who obtained remedy at a hospital in Nodesha after first responders extricated him from rubble.

Attending Monday morning’s Montgomery County Commission assembly, the Montgomery County Chronicle reported that the tornadic storm impacted as many as 170 properties, together with vital damage to a number of houses.

The storm that closely hit Sycamore, north of Independence, reportedly snapped 9 energy strains alongside US 75, which led to outages all through southeastern Kansas.

Representatives from the National Weather Service in Wichita are in Sycamore to evaluate the damage and decide the tornado’s depth stage.

At their assembly on Monday morning, Montgomery County commissioners signed a letter asking for a proper catastrophe declaration. An official declaration from the governor clears state assets to help with the storm response and cleanup.

Beyond the Sycamore space, Sunday evening’s damaging storm in southeast Kansas prompted the Columbus college district in neighboring Cherokee County to name off lessons on Monday.