“Definitely, Greensburg is a much different town after the tornado, but the silver lining is the streets and parks, the hospital and school are all new as of 2007,” he said. Most towns in the ...

He may have been trying to get to his car to drive away from the tornado when it hit town, his son said. A native of South Dakota, Larry Hoskins moved to Greensburg in 1975 and worked for his ...

That is where Greensburg, on the arid plains of southwest Kansas, stands today ... 1,450 people who lived here on May 4, 2007, when an EF5 tornado threw Greensburg on a whirlwind course of ...

GREENSBURG, Kan ... surpassing the record of 135 set two years before. May 5, 2007, produced 36 tornadoes in Kansas. In that year, 14 people died in Kansas tornadoes, 82 people were injured.

On May 4, 2007, an enormous tornado nearly wiped Greensburg, Kansas, off the map. What happened next was almost a laboratory experiment in re-engineering the classic American small town.

On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas was shaken to its core. An EF-5 tornado with winds over 200 mph destroyed 95 percent of the town. Jeff Blackburn, Pastor of the Greensburg Mennonite Church ...

The first in-depth study of the 2007 tornado that destroyed a Kansas town has uncovered new ... 5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale virtually wiped Greensburg, Kan., from the map on the night of ...

It was a Friday night -- May 4, 2007 -- when a nearly two-mile wide tornado aimed at Greensburg. The town took a direct hit. The tornado ripped through the southwest Kansas community ...

WICHITA — On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, was slammed by a 205 mph EF5 tornado that killed 12 and damaged or destroyed much of the town. On Sunday night, it almost happened again as a family ...

Editor’s note: This story was first published April 28, 2017 on ... away from the tornado when it hit town, his son said. A native of South Dakota, Larry Hoskins moved to Greensburg in 1975 ...