Nebraska MDS unit responds to local tornado

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KEARNEY, Neb.—Cecil Kennel, Mennonite Disaster Service Nebraska unit chair, reported May 30 that he and Leroy Friesen, MDS Nebraska vice chair, will investigate the tornado that hit Buffalo County in Nebraska.

That tornado went through the area on May 29,  following I-80 turning over vehicles, irrigation pivots and affecting many farmsteads.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) stated in their National Situation Report of May 29, that there was “an outbreak of strong super cell thunderstorms [that] produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds across south central Nebraska and portions of North Central Kansas.” Wyoming, South Dakota and Iowa also reported tornado activity. Kearney, Neb., was the hardest hit, resulting in damage to 60 homes and a building on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Kearney, as well as the exposition center at the local fairgrounds.

FEMA said there were no reports of fatalities or injuries. A State of Emergency was declared by Nebraska Governor Dave Heinemann.—Mennonite Disaster Service

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