Pat Shingleton for May 26, 2009
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The Associated Press said on May 25, 1955, an intense tornado struck Udall, Kan. The twister killed 77, leveled the city and remains the deadliest tornado in Kansas history. Jerrold Hoffman was a survivor of the storm and has championed an effort to aid another Kansas town also ravaged. In May 2008, another tornado killed 10 in Greensburg, destroying most of the town’s buildings, and uprooting and killing 2,000 trees. What started as a one-day project by the 72-year-old Hoffman, has turned into a tree-planting project. He solicited residents, and retirees to assist in circling the city with trees. He said it took many years for Udall to have full, healthy trees following its storm.
Fastcat: Afternoon storms.
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