A tornado ripped through southeast Kansas late Thursday, causing widespread damage in a small town, but no injuries have been reported.
The National Weather Service confirmed that at about 10 p.m. Thursday, the tornado struck Eureka, a town of roughly 2,600 residents about 60 miles east of Wichita. The tornado damaged several homes, a mobile home park and the Eureka Nursing Center, which lost its south and west-facing walls.
Residents of the nursing home took shelter in the facility and were likely to be moved to a different facility on Friday.
“The tornado started at the northwest part of the county and went through Eureka,” said Greenwood County emergency management director.
A nurse who works at the nursing center, drove from her home in Wichita to Eureka after hearing reports of the storm. She climbed over debris to enter one of the facility’s hallways, where she visited some residents.
