EF0 Tornado Hits Kearney, Missouri; Community Unites for Cleanup

0:00It's April 24th. Welcome in. This is Kansas News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. An EF-0 tornado touched down in Karni, Missouri, Thursday night, packing winds up to 85 miles per hour over a path about 100 yards wide. The National Weather Service confirmed it Friday after surveying the damage mostly in the southeast part of town. Tree snapped, fences toppled, and yards got littered with debris from the quick storm. More outages hit hard enough to close the local school for the day, leaving kids like 10-year-old residents out to help with cleanup. Neighbors jumped in right away, hauling branches to the town's recycling center, and even getting free help from local businesses like an air. Conditioning crew, folks fell lucky the damage stayed minor. No homes wrecked, just closed calls with falling limbs. One family saw their trampoline flipped and tied down fence flattened, while another dodged a tree branch that nearly punched through their roof. One pitched in, sawing wood, and clearing lots to speed things up.

1:03Karni's tight-knit vibe shone through as they turned a stormy mess into a community effort, proving small towns bounce back fast from these Midwest. Twists.