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Tornado Rips Through Kansas

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One dead, 200 homes damaged.

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Extreme weather is indeed the "new normal": A reported tornado hit Kansas Saturday, killing one and damaging an estimated 200 homes—just weeks after a slew of powerful twisters barreled through the South. Saturday’s storm lasted about six hours, with one person reported dead in the city of Reading, in Lyon County. The National Weather Service did not immediately declare the storm a tornado, but Lyon County—the hardest-hit area—issued a statement Sunday that emergency crews were responding to the tornado's damage.

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