Watson says a half-mile-wide tornado tore through the town, destroying more than 60 homes and numerous businesses. The university says no injuries have been reported. Officials say that the orientation will commence, but it will be moved because its scheduled location is without power. She says the other was found outside a mobile home in the Jackson County town of Soldier.
Four Boy Scouts are dead and more than 40 others injured after a tornado ripped through their western Iowa campground last night. Several houses were destroyed in Salina, which is 60 miles southwest of Manhattan. The most extensive damage from the tornado outbreak Wednesday night appears to be in Chapman. Meanwhile, at least two people are dead after a tornado hit near Manhattan, Kansas.
The storm destroyed 60 houses in Chapman. The second was found outside a mobile home in the town of Soldier, KS. Last night’s twister also caused serious damage at Kansas State University. Sharon Watson, spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General’s Department, says one victim was found in a yard in Chapman, in Dickinson County.
One of the people killed was found in a yard in the town of Chapman, about 20 miles southwest of Manhattan. A tornado also hit the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, damaging buildings and tossing cars. The university was scheduled to have freshman orientation Thursday morning. Those killed were in the town of Chapman, about 20 miles southwest of Manhattan.
Another 30 suffered major damage and about 30 received minor damage. An Iowa Department of Public Safety spokesman says 42 Scouts were hospitalized after the tornado tore through the Little Sioux Scout Ranch located midway between Sioux City, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska. Authorities asked people to stay away from K-State last night due to downed trees, power lines, and flooding. The tornado left significant damage to Kansas State University, which is located in Manhattan, KS.
The storm destroyed up to 50 homes and damaged hundreds in Manhattan, but the most extensive damage from the tornado was located in Chapman. Cars were flipped in parking lots, at least one campus building was destroyed, and several others have considerable damage. All three schools have been damaged. The Manhattan Mercury and the Salina Journal, two popular newspapers in northern Kansas, have been covering the tornado extensively.
At least two are dead after a severe tornado attacked the Kansas cities of Manhattan and Chapman on Wednesday night. There were no serious injuries at Kansas State, but much of the campus remains without power.
my sister is a resident of Chapman,KS. and was hit by a tornado last night at 10:30 last night.. she called us at 10:35 in hestarics saying (mom, my house is gone, the cars, everything is gone! everyone is in the streets screaming and crying… omg mom my town id gone…there’s nothing! it’s all been leveled..) after recieving that call we waited until 6am this morning for word of the happenings in KS. hours after having her life ripped to shreds, we still know very little.. The 21 year old lady that died in the Chapman tornado, was a dear friend and my sister’s neighbor.. she died on their property line. cause of death a head wound. my sister was by her side when she died… god help them…