Tornado Survivor Jokes Amidst Destruction

0:00It's April 15th. From your city to your ears, this is Kansas News today, powered by AI. An EF-2 tornado tore through Hillsdale, Kansas on April 13th, 2026, ribbing up the small town but sparing lives. Store owner Asad Marani, a 30-year-old from Overland Park, snapped a quick photo of the Supercell storm, right before it hit his Sunilco Lake Endale. Convenience store. He and three customers ducked into the store's medicaler, riding out the winds without a scratch. Marani cracked jokes to ease the fear, sitting on a case of beer as the tornado passed. Damage hit hard at Shady Acres RV Park nearby, where mobile homes got flipped and tossed like toys, and power lines came down across parking lots. The breeze scattered everywhere, but no deaths were reported in Hillsdale or surrounding spots. This March, Marani's third tornado survival, the first too early to remember, the second back in Alabama during a deadly outbreak in 2011.

1:01Recovery crews are already clearing the mess in Hillsdale, with folks like Marani focusing on the big win, everyone's alive and pushing forward.