page_title: Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007 / Confirmed tornadoes / The Greensburg tornado family / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: Marine One, carrying President George W. Bush, flies over the devastated community of Greensburg, Kansas Wednesday, May 9, 2007. At least 11 people died and more than 90 percent of the homes were destroyed by a tornado that struck the area on the previous Friday night. (w:May 2007 Tornado Outbreak)
context_page_description: The tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007 was a major and damaging tornado outbreak that significantly affected portions of the Central United States. The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of such intensity since the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado. The supercell killed 13 people, including 11 in Greensburg and two from separate tornadoes. At least 60 people were injured in Greensburg alone. It was the strongest tornado of an outbreak which included several other tornadoes reported across Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and South Dakota that occurred on the same night.
  Although one of the most damaging tornado of the outbreak sequence occurred in Greensburg on May 4, 25 tornadoes were confirmed that day. That number exploded to 84 the following day, with many tornadoes near the affected area from the previous night.
context_section_description: Hours after the tornado hit, Greensburg was judged unsafe and was fully evacuated. Some of the injured were transferred to hospitals in Dodge City and Wichita. The Kansas National Guard was called in to assist in the security measures. Over 100 Red Cross officials were called in while some worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the recovery efforts. Shelters were established at the Haviland High School and Barclay College in nearby Haviland, Kansas and the Oddfellow Lodge in Macksville, Kansas. After the tornado, looting was reported in the community and at least seven suspects, including four soldiers that were not part of the relief effort and went to Greensburg on their own, were arrested and faced charges of burglary and theft.   A dusk-to-dawn curfew was put in place in the community after the tornado hit.
  The American Red Cross maintained a list of "Safe and Well" families at their website disastersafe.redcross.org.
   Meanwhile, officials also set up a shelter for lost and injured animals as they reported to have found 163 animals alive in Greensburg after the tornado. Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and President George W. Bush both declared Kiowa County a disaster area.
  Total damage from the outbreak was estimated at about $268 million, and insured damage from the Greensburg tornado alone was estimated at $153 million.
caption: Marine One, carrying George W. Bush, flies over the devastated community of Greensburg, Kansas Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
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