2012 Wichita tornado photos

Adam Sicora hands his wife, Kimberly, a Bible he found in what used to be their home at Pinaire Mobile Home Park. The couple's home was moved 60 feet and all of the walls were ripped off the base. They took shelter at a relative's home in Haysville with their 7-month-old son. Pinaire Mobile Home Park residents were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Adam Sicora hands his wife, Kimberly, a Bible he found in what used to be their home at Pinaire Mobile Home Park. The couple's home was moved 60 feet and all of the walls were ripped off the base. They took shelter at a relative's home in Haysville with their 7-month-old son. Pinaire Mobile Home Park residents were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Michael Marrs hands his sister, Kimberly, a stuffed animal that belonged to her. At left is Kimberly's husband, Adam. The couple's home was moved 60 feet and all of the walls were ripped off the base. They took shelter at a relative's home in Haysville with their 7-month-old son. Pinaire Mobile Home Park residents were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Carl Rogers is helped by an unidentified volunteer after he got stuck while sifting through the rubble at Pinaire Moble Home Park. Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Margaret Jacobs carries her 16-year-old dog, Snowy, back to their home. Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Margaret Jacobs carries her 16-year-old dog, Snowy, back to their home. Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Marty Roades finds his 3-year-old grandson's bike intact amidst the rubble at Pinaire Moble Home Park. Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Margaret Jacobs carries her 16-year-old dog, Snowy, back to their home. Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Ottaway Amusement Inc. workers survey the damage to a 65-foot tall Ferris wheel Sunday morning, April 15, 2012, that toppled over onto another ride at Kellogg and Greenwich following a tornado that swept through east Wichita overnight Saturday, April 14, 2012.

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Ottaway Amusement Inc. workers survey the damage to a 65-foot tall Ferris wheel Sunday morning, April 15, 2012, that toppled over onto another ride at Kellogg and Greenwich following a tornado that swept through east Wichita overnight Saturday, April 14, 2012.

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A Sedgwick County sheriff's deputy checks the identification of residents before allowing them to return to their homes Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through the Oaklawn neighborhood in south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Chrissy Hart (facing camera) hugs her neighbor Connie Force. Hart was upset to hear that Connie's house was destroyed and that they would not return. Hart said, "Where am I going to find a neighbor who mows my lawn?" The April 14, 2012 tornado blew off the entire wall of Hart's Oaklawn home. She was not home at the time. (April 15, 2012)

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A house on Meadowview Ave. in Oaklawn. The neighborhood was hit by a tornado on April 14, 2012. (April 15, 2012)

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Bob Force takes a look around his destroyed Oaklawn home. Bob and his wife, Connie, rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Bob and Connie Force's Oaklawn home.The couple rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Teresa Coppin helps her daughter, Chrissy Hart, clean up her home. The April 14, 2012 tornado blew off the entire wall of her Oaklawn home. She was not home at the time. (April 15, 2012)

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People took chainsaws to fallen trees blocking Meadowview Ave. in Oaklawn. The neighborhood was hit by a tornado on April 14, 2012. (April 15, 2012)

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People took chainsaws to fallen trees blocking Meadowview Ave. in Oaklawn. The neighborhood was hit by a tornado on April 14, 2012. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie Force and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth Chancy look with disbelief at Force's home which was destroyed by a tornado on April 14, 2012. Connie and her husband, Bob, are going to live with Chancy. (April 15, 2012)

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A fallen tree near 63rd and Hydraulic. (April 15, 2012)

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Chrissy Hart stands in her living room. The April 14, 2012 tornado blew off the entire wall of her Oaklawn home. She was not home at the time. (April 15, 2012)

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Bob Force takes a look around his destroyed Oaklawn home. Bob and his wife, Connie, rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie Force and her son Terry Force try to salvage things from Connie's Oaklawn home (April 15, 2012)

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Terry Force tries to salvage things from his parents' Oaklawn home. (April 15, 2012)

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Bob Force takes a look around his destroyed Oaklawn home. Bob and his wife, Connie, rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Debris hangs in a tree on Meadowview Ave. in Oaklawn. The neighborhood was hit by a tornado on April 14, 2012. (April 15, 2012)

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Debris hangs in a tree on Meadowview Ave. in Oaklawn. The neighborhood was hit by a tornado on April 14, 2012. (April 15, 2012)

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Terry Force holds insulation masks he found inside the home. He used a shirt to protect himself from inhaling insulation that is spread throughout his parents' Oaklawn home. (April 15, 2012)

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Terry Force uses a shirt to protect himself from inhaling insulation that is spread throughout his parents' Oaklawn home. (April 15, 2012)

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Chrissy Hart looks around her living room. The April 14, 2012 tornado blew off the entire wall of her Oaklawn home. She was not home at the time. (April 15, 2012)

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Teresa Coppin looks around her daughter's living room. The April 14, 2012 tornado blew off the entire wall of her Oaklawn home. (April 15, 2012)

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Meadowview Ave. in Oaklawn was hit by the April 14, 2012 tornado. (April 15, 2012)

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Volunteers help clean up a strip mall on 47th St. and Clifton. (April 15, 2012)

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The Salvation Army passed out food at a strip mall on 47th St. and Clifton. (April 15, 2012)

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Volunteers help clean up a strip mall on 47th St. and Clifton. (April 15, 2012)

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Volunteers help clean up a strip mall on 47th St. and Clifton. (April 15, 2012)

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Ottaway Amusement employee Chris Letterman walks around the Century Wheel in a parking lot near the corner of Kellogg and Greenwich. The Ferris wheel and another ride toppled over on Saturday night during the tornado outbreak. "You're looking at 2 million dollars, squished," Letterman said. (April 15, 2012)

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The base for the Ottaway Amusement Ferris wheel at a parking lot near the corner of Kellogg and Greenwich. The Ferris wheel and another ride toppled over on Saturday night during the tornado outbreak. "You're looking at 2 million dollars, squished," said Ottaway Amusement employee Chris Letterman. (April 15, 2012)

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The Century Wheel Ferris wheel and a kiddie roller coaster were toppled during Saturday night's tornado outbreak in a parking lot where they were set up near Kellogg and Greenwich. "You're looking at 2 million dollars, squished," said Ottaway Amusement employee Chris Letterman. (April 15, 2012)

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The Century Wheel Ferris wheel and a kiddie roller coaster were toppled during Saturday night's tornado outbreak in a parking lot where they were set up near Kellogg and Greenwich. "You're looking at 2 million dollars, squished," said Ottaway Amusement employee Chris Letterman. (April 15, 2012)

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The Century Wheel Ferris wheel and a kiddie roller coaster were toppled during Saturday night's tornado outbreak in a parking lot where they were set up near Kellogg and Greenwich. "You're looking at 2 million dollars, squished," said Ottaway Amusement employee Chris Letterman. (April 15, 2012)

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The Century Wheel Ferris wheel and a kiddie roller coaster were toppled during Saturday night's tornado outbreak in a parking lot where they were set up near Kellogg and Greenwich. "You're looking at 2 million dollars, squished," said Ottaway Amusement employee Chris Letterman. (April 15, 2012)

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Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems took a direct hit, officials said, when a tornado swept through southeast Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems took a direct hit, officials said, when a tornado swept through southeast Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Kenny Doss, 5, and Kylie Chapman peek out the front door of an Oaklawn home on Meadowview Ave. The children survived the April 14, 2012 tornado in the basement with their family. (April 15, 2012)

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People took chainsaws to fallen trees blocking Meadowview Ave. in Oaklawn. The neighborhood was hit by a tornado on April 14, 2012. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems took a direct hit, officials said, when a tornado swept through southeast Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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David Youngman sifts through his home at Pinaire Mobile Home Park. Residents were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents of Pinaire Mobile Home Park were allowed to enter their homes late Sunday afternoon. The mobile home park near 52nd Street South and Clifton was heavily damaged by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Ottaway Amusement Inc. workers survey the damage to a 65-foot tall Ferris wheel Sunday morning, April 15, 2012, that toppled over onto another ride at Kellogg and Greenwich following a tornado that swept through east Wichita overnight Saturday, April 14, 2012.

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Chrissy Hart is a huge Michael Jackson fan and has a tattoo in his honor. She was excited to find her Michael Jackson Thriller album in her living room. The April 14, 2012 tornado blew off the entire wall of her Oaklawn home. (April 15, 2012)

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Chrissy Hart is excited to find her Michael Jackson Thriller album in her living room. The April 14, 2012 tornado blew off the entire wall of her Oaklawn home. She was not home at the time. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie Force takes items from her home in Oaklawn. Connie and her husband, Bob, rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Bob Force takes a look around his destroyed Oaklawn home. Bob and his wife, Connie, rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Bob Force takes a look around his destroyed Oaklawn home. Bob and his wife, Connie, rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie and Bob Force rode out the tornado on a couch near this window in their Oaklawn home. (April 15, 2012)

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A poster of the U.S. Presidents hangs in Connie and Bob Force's bedroom. The couple rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Flying debris made a heart-shaped hole in the Connie and Bob Force's bedroom door. The couple rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie and Bob Force rode out the tornado on a couch near this window in their Oaklawn home. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie Force takes items from her home in Oaklawn. Connie and her husband, Bob, rode out the April 14, 2012 tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Insulation covered most of Connie and Bob Force's Oaklawn home. The couple rode out the tornado in their home on April 14, 2012. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie Force salvages what she can from her Oaklawn home that was destroyed by a tornado on April 14, 2012. Connie and her husband, Bob, rode out the storm on a couch near this window. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie Force finds a photo of her grandson still hanging on the wall in her home that was destroyed by a tornado. Connie and her husband, Bob, rode out the storm in their home in Oaklawn. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie Force packs things she salvaged from her home in Oaklawn. Connie and her husband, Bob, rode out the tornado together in their living room. (April 15, 2012)

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Connie Force finds a photo of her grandson and wiped away the insulation from the frame. Connie and her husband, Bob, rode out the storm in their home in Oaklawn. (April 15, 2012)

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Damaged buildings at Spirit AeroSystems Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Damaged buildings at Spirit AeroSystems Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Damaged buildings at Spirit AeroSystems Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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A staging area for firefighters near 47th and Clifton. The area is north of the Pinaire Mobile Home Park which was hit by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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A man peers out of a home near 47th and Clifton. The area is north of the Pinaire Mobile Home Park which was hit by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Downed powerlines near 47th and Clifton. The area is north of the Pinaire Mobile Home Park which was hit by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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Downed powerlines near 47th and Clifton. The area is north of the Pinaire Mobile Home Park which was hit by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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A Sedgwick County Deputy turns people away from entering a neighborhood near 47th and Clifton. The deputy told them that only residents were allowed into the neighborhood. The area is north of the Pinaire Mobile Home Park which was hit by a tornado on Saturday night. (April 15, 2012)

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A long line of cars wait near the intersection of Pawnee and Webb. Many roads in the area are blocked because of damage from Saturday night's tornado outbreak. (April 15, 2012)

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Residents survey the damage Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through the Oaklawn neighborhood in south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Residents survey the damage Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through the Oaklawn neighborhood in south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Mobile home park residents wait outside a shelter at a church Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through the Oaklawn neighborhood in south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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The owner of Xom Market checks the damage of his store Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through the Oaklawn neighborhood in south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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Residents survey the damage Sunday morning Apr. 15, 2012, following a tornado that swept through the Oaklawn neighborhood in south Wichita overnight Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012.

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