A swarm of tornadoes crashed through the nation‘s midsection, killing at least 26 people in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Eight more were feared dead in this hard-hit town when the armory where they had taken shelter was virtually leveled.
Houses across the region were knocked off their foundations in Sunday‘s storms, trees were uprooted, power lines littered roadways and travelers were forced to huddle in underground tunnels at Kansas City‘s main airport.
In Pierce City, there was not a home or business untouched in the town of nearly 1,400. Trees were twisted and brick, glass and other debris made it impossible to walk the streets.
