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Tornado Rips Through Reading, Kills 1

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Published May 23, 2011 at 9:14 AM CDT

By Stephen Koranda/KPR

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Reading, Kan. – A series of storms left one Kansas man dead and heavily damaged a small town Saturday night. A tornado battered the town of Reading in eastern Kansas. KPR's Stephen Koranda has more on the twister, which has left many of Reading's 250 residents without homes.
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