ANDOVER, Kan. - Severe storms across Kansas produced softball-sized hail and several tornadoes Friday, leaving behind damage and thousands without power.Several videos from Andover, Kansas, showed at least one of the tornadoes moving through areas populated with businesses and homes.
Only minor injuries have been reported at this time."We know there was a direct tornado strike that started in Sedgwick County and traveled into Andover.
We had many buildings in Andover take very tough damage. Total in the path there were 966 buildings, we believe," Andover Fire Chief Chad Russell said. "We do not have a damage assessment of how many of those were damaged."As the sun began to rise Saturday, Russell said authorities found no additional injuries or reports of fatalities."I continue to be happy to report we have no rescues outstanding.
We have no one that we know of that is trapped in a building right now waiting to rescue them," he said.The Andover YMCA suffered "significant damage" damage during the storm, but because of actions taken by staff and members, no one was reported to be injured."It's devastating.