堪萨斯州部分地区的龙卷风摧毁或损坏了数百座房屋和建筑物，炸伤了数百人，并留下了15,000多人，没有权力，炸毁了数百座房屋和建筑物。
In addition to wreckage from the tornado itself, three University of Oklahoma meteorology students traveling back from storm chasing in Kansas were also killed in a crash Friday evening, according to officials.
德克萨斯州登顿市20岁的尼古拉斯·奈尔（Nicholas Nair）；19岁的加文·肖特（Gavin Short），伊利诺伊州格雷斯莱克（Grayslake）；印第安纳州埃文斯维尔市的22岁的德雷克·布鲁克斯（Drake Brooks）在晚上11:30前不久在坠机事故中死亡。根据俄克拉荷马州公路巡逻报告的周五。
该报告说，这三辆车是在35号州际公路上的Nair向南驾驶的车辆中，当时车辆水上飞机驶过，并被俄克拉荷马城以北约85英里（137公里）的Tonkawa的一架拖拉机式钻机击中。
A statement released by OU said: “The university is devastated to learn of the tragic passing of three students. Each were valued and loved members of our community.”
More than 1,000 buildings were affected when a strong twister swept through Andover on Friday evening, according to authorities. In the daylight Saturday, emergency crews found a more widespread path of destruction than was earlier estimated.
安多弗副消防局长迈克·罗斯福（Mike Roosevelt）在一份简报中说：“我们现在知道，我们的伤害路径延伸了大约3 1/2至4英里（5.6至6.4公里），我们认为昨晚它已经结束了。”
There were no reported fatalities or critical injuries from the tornado itself, despite the widespread destruction. Officials said only a few injuries had been reported. In Sedgwick County, three people were injured, including one woman who sustained serious injuries.
Search and rescue operations continued Saturday with more than 200 emergency responders from 30 agencies. Officials kept volunteers away from the damage until a secondary search of debris is done.
安多弗消防局长查德·罗素（Chad Russell）早些时候说，一些社区房屋“完全被吹走了”。
罗素说，有房屋完全击倒了他们的基础，整个社区被消灭了。
City Hall, the Andover YMCA and Prairie Creek Elementary School were among buildings heavily damaged.
现场工作人员from the National Weather Service worked Saturday to determine the extent and strength of the twister, said meteorologist Kevin Darmofal at the Wichita office.
Flor and Aldo Delgado said they prayed in the basement of their Andover home as a tornado passed right above them, destroying their home and cars.
这对夫妇星期五晚上从窗外望去，看到龙卷风开始形成，所以他们前往地下室。
“灯光开始闪烁，最终熄灭了，从整个房子开始发抖的一分钟之内，它很大。我们开始感到水在脸上撞到，到处都是灰尘。它持续了一分钟，就在我们上方。”阿尔多·德尔加多（Aldo Delgado）说。
Flor Delgado said she could hear their home being torn apart as they prayed for their safety, the Wichita Eagle reported.
“In the moment I realized there is absolutely nothing we could do. I knew my husband felt it too because he was calm and comforting me, but at one point he just starts losing it and crying. I could hear his voice cracking as he’s praying,” she said.
Once the tornado passed, the couple made it out of the debris with only the clothes on their backs. Their home, cars and personal items are gone.
弗洛尔·德尔加多（Flor Delgado）补充说：“当时我们甚至没有结婚戒指。”
Gov. Laura Kelly declared a State of Disaster Emergency for the hardest-hit areas. The declaration makes state resources available to help local jurisdictions with response and recovery efforts in areas impacted statewide.
Evergy said about 15,000 customers lost power during the tornado and that work continued to restore electricity. Any broken gas and water lines were shut off and by noon there were no known active leaks.
除龙卷风外，据报道，在平原的几个城镇中，有大冰雹。根据国家气象局和暴风雨的研究员，在内布拉斯加州的霍尔布鲁克和堪萨斯州的企业附近发现了垒球大小的冰雹。
