Tornado Strikes Clinton, Schools Close, More Storms Loom

0:00It's April 16 from your city to your ears. This is Kansas News today, powered by AI. A suspected tornado tore through Clinton Wednesday evening, leaving no injuries, but knocking down trees and hitting a few homes with minor to moderate. Damage. Two schools, Henry Elementary and Clinton Intermediate, took roof damage right in its path. Schools shut down Thursday for cleanup and safety checks, switching kids to remote learning because of the wreckage and power problems. Fire crews cleared up rumors of leaking fuel tanks at a local plan, but empty diesel tanks got flipped at a warehouse, a storage shed was wiped out, and power poles snapped like twigs. Folks are feeling the hit from this wild weather week across the region, with tree limbs smashing homes and outages and spots. No major injuries, but it's a reminder of how fast things spin up. Then another twister from the same Supercell storm flipped mobile homes as shady acres RV park near Hillsdale Lake just before 8.20 pm. Adding to the chaos,

1:03heads up for Friday when storms could roll in mid afternoon through evening, packing the biggest severe threats yet with large hail, fierce winds, and maybe even tornadoes, so stay weather wise out there.