Greensburg Tornado

Tornado victims' memorial dedicated

Claude Hopkins would have felt right at home during the ceremony unveiling a memorial to this town's tornado victims. His granddaughter, Julia Ohlde, who spearheaded the project, served as master of ceremonies.

Construction costs drive more residents from Greensburg

This town was blown to bits a year ago today. At the shattered hospital, where many of the 59 wounded showed up, the guy in charge was physician assistant Chris Gardiner, who lived in a home that he'd bought for $75,000.

Three days of events mark town's progress

Car-door-slamming winds crashed the kickoff of a three-day celebration here Friday commemorating the one-year anniversary of an EF-5 tornado that tore apart most of the town.

Family bounced around, then home to Greensburg

It took some fixing up and sweat equity, but Mike and Tamera Kaltenbach have a home in Greensburg again. They lost their rental home in the May 4 tornado. That first night, they stayed with a teacher Tamera knew.

Mechanic back on the job after long recovery

Some days Danny Trent doesn't feel like it, but he knows he's lucky. Although he still has shoulder and back pain every day, he can walk on his own now and do his job as Greensburg's city mechanic.

Greensburg tornado survivor Bunny Giles learns to go on after her losses

A year later, Bunny Giles' face still bears a bruise. It's small but stubborn, on her right cheek. She tries to cover it with makeup. But every day, she says, the bruise shows up, a reminder.

Greensburg cleanup earns $10,000 donation

The tornado-ravaged community of Greensburg is in the spotlight again -- this time for a cleanup effort that volunteers organized last fall.

Radar gives researchers fodder

The Greensburg tornado may prove to be a defining moment for understanding how large tornadoes develop, officials said. A portable Doppler radar used by the University of Oklahoma near Protection in Comanche County captured high-resolution imagery and data of the 1 ¾-mile wide tornado as it formed, strengthened and bore down on Greensburg in May.

Greensburg, Udall storms eerily similar, experts say

As meteorologists assessed what was left of Greensburg after a tornado decimated the Kiowa County town in May, they were reminded of another moment in history 52 years earlier. Udall.

Lessons from Greensburg

As another tornado season looms, local and state officials are working to implement lessons they've learned from the Greensburg tornado. Some of those lessons are time-honored truths reaffirmed, such as the need for people to respond quickly to threats.

Greensburg showed which systems work, which have gaps

Emergency workers arriving in Greensburg the night a massive tornado struck the Kiowa County town weren't prepared for what they found.

KU architecture students at work on Greensburg's first 'green' site

A group of graduate architecture students at the University of Kansas is building what Greensburg leaders hope will be an example of "green" design and construction.

'Green' homes to go up in Greensburg

A nonprofit group charged with leading tornado-damaged Greensburg's environment-friendly initiatives has announced plans for a dozen "green" demonstration homes.

Greensburg blog: From our reporters' notes

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Greensburg blog: From our reporters' notes

5 p.m., Friday HAVILAND -- On top of everything else they have to worry about, Greensburg residents now also have to worry about mosquitoes.

What's needed and how to help

At the shelter at Barclay College in Haviland, 12 miles east of Greensburg, Red Cross workers Saraphena Tannahill of Derby and Donna Ward of Coldwater said they desperately need phone service or some way to communicate with other shelters.

Nine confirmed dead; Roberts vows quick federal aid

Rescue operations in Greensburg were suspended at 8 tonight as a curfew goes into effect in the town where eight of the nine Kansans died in a Friday night tornado.

In Greensburg, a scene of devastation

As the faint sun rose this morning, bit by bit it revealed the enormity of the tornado damage in Greensburg. Near what had been a convenience store, on U.S. 54, a moving van lay on its side spilling out a household of possessions -- a dining room set and golf clubs lay in a heap.

From our reporters' notes: a Greensburg blog

3 p.m. Sunday In a strange juxtaposition, a full set of white and blue china -- including tea service -- stands on display in a storefront on Haviland's main street, perfect, while Greensburg residents' dishes are strewn across their town.