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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - This home wasn't totally destroyed by the tornado but will still need to be torn down.  FEMA is paying 75% of the removal costs.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS  May 19, 2007 - Greensburg resident Jack Carson talks with FEMA Disaster Assistance Employee Bob Harting about his housing needs. The Mullenville shelter where Jack has lived since an F5 tornado damaged his home is scheduled to close in a few days.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS May 19, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - A basement is all that's left of a home in the middle of town.  Most of the buildings that were not blown away by the May 4 tornado will have to be torn down.  FEMA is paying seventy-five percent of the removal costs.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS  May 19, 2007 - Residents Robert and Marclyn Woolsey pack their car to leave an emergency shelter and move to a trailer or alternate housing.  A tornado damaged their home in Greensburgt and they have been in this shelter since May 4.  Trailers and other alternate housing have been located in the area, so the shelter is scheduled to close in a few days.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS May 19, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Great Bend, KS  May 27, 2007 - A FEMA Mobile Disaster Recovery Center at the Great Bend High School parking lot.  Barton County residents are eligible for assistance due to the tornado/s and heavy rains that have pounded Kansas in recent weeks.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Great Bend, KS May 27, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 16, 2007 - The center of town twelve days after it was hit by an F5 tornado with 200 mph winds. Debris removal is moving at a record pace, but reconstruction will likely take years.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 16, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 19, 2007 - Americorps members from Manhattan, Kansas remove debris from a business that was destroyed by the F5 tornado that struck Greensburg on May 4.  Volunteers from throughout Kansas and surrounding states are helping with debris removal.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 19, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 16, 2007  -  Heavily damaged Greensburg High School will have to be torn down.  An F5 tornado struck the town on May 4. .  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 16, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 19, 2007 - An incident command briefing at the FEMA Emergency Operations Center keeps everyone updated on progress and safety issues.  Briefings are held twice daily with representatives of relief organizations and town, county, state, and federal governments.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 19, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 19, 2007 - Twice-daily incident command briefings in the FEMA Emergency Operations Center keep relief organizations and government officials updated on progress. Representatives of sixteen agencies are cooperating in the recovery effort from the May 4 tornado.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 19, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - Public Works employees take down what was left of a home, nineteen days after an F5 tornado destroyed most of the town.  The debris will removed to the local dump by the end of the day.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - A bulldozer levels the burning debris of the homes and buildings destroyed by on May 4 by the F5 tornado.  Three burning pits have already opened, and more are will be necessary.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS  May 19, 2007 - The townspeople of Mullenville opened this shelter on May 5, the day after an F5 tornado devastated neighboring Greensburg.  FEMA has arranged alternate housing for most of the thirty residents, and the shelter is scheduled to close soon.  FEMA photo by Greg Henshall

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS May 19, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - Dump trucks run non-stop, depositing debris in one of the burning pits at the landfill west of town.  Almost the entire town will have to be razed after the F5 tornado struck on May 4.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Kinsley, KS  May 23, 2007 - Gary Glover with FEMA leads a Public Assistance Kickoff meeting in Edward County.  Kickoff meetings introduce disaster victims and local officials to the aid they can apply for from federal and state governments.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Kinsley, KS May 23, 2007 - G...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 20, 2007 - Mike Perkins, an employee of neaby Lawrence County, helps direct traffic at the Greensburg dump.  Debris from the May 4 tornado is either burned or buried depending on the material.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 20, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - Kansas National Guard General Todd Bunting and FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje arrive in Greensburg to tour cleanup progress.  Both men have been on top of this disaster immediately after an F5 tornado devestated the town on May 4.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 2, 2007 - Ed Dauber(left) and his wife Bev (right) apply for aid at the FEMA IA desk in Greensburg.  FEMA and the SBA have received over 2,000 requests in the three weeks since the tornado hit the town.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 2, 2007 -...

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