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Tornadoes devastate US states: 29 killed

AP, Pierce City
A series of tornadoes and high winds pummeled the Midwest on Sunday, killing an estimated 29 people in three states as storms left a swath of destruction a quartermile wide in some places.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius declared seven counties disaster areas, and Missouri Gov. Bob Holden said the process was under way to declare disaster areas in his state.
Missouri officials told the National Guard to be ready to go to storm-damaged areas. Holden said the damage was "the worst I've seen from a tornado in several years."
In Missouri, Lawrence County Sheriff Doug Seneker estimated a dozen people were killed when a tornado careened through the southwest part of the state. Only three deaths were confirmed.
One of the hardest hit areas in the county appeared to be Pierce City, where two people died and about nine people were feared dead inside a destroyed National Guard Armory where they had taken shelter. A Pierce City police officer described the downtown area as "wiped out," Seneker said.
Searchers accompanied by dogs were digging through the armory debris in hopes of finding the missing victims alive, but the brick-and-wood structure was unstable
and the process was going slowly.
"They're hearing no signs of life, but they are still working to find them, " said state Rep. Jack Goodman. He grew up in Pierce City and was in town when the storm hit.
There was not a home or business in the town of nearly 1,400 residents untouched by the tornado. Trees were twisted, power lines were downed, and brick, glass and other debris made it impossible to walk the city streets.
Other fatalities included a Lawrence County person who died in a house in Marionville. Two women were reported dead in nearby Greene and Christian counties, said Dave Brown, an investigator for the Greene County Medical Examiner's Office. One of the women was killed near Battlefield in Christian County and the other in rural Greene County.
Two more people were killed in Camden County, about 70 miles northeast of Lawrence County, the Camden County Sheriff's Department said. In Barton County, one person was killed when a tornado struck west of Liberal, officials there confirmed. Another victim was killed at a trailer park in Monett, just to the south of Pierce City in Barry County.
In Carl Junction, about two miles northwest of Joplin, two people were killed by a twister there, said officer Tiffany Sparks with the
Jasper County Sheriff's Office.
In Kansas, eight people were reported dead. Col. Joy Moser of the state's emergency management office, said four deaths were reported in Girard and Franklin in Crawford County and one person was killed in Wyandotte County in the Kansas City area.
The Cherokee County, Kan., sheriff's office confirmed three people were killed when a tornado hit south of Columbus. One death occurred when a mobile home was destroyed; the other two were in a house that was destroyed near Crestline, officials said.
One person also died in Tennessee's Dyer County.
At Kansas City, Mo. International Airport, officials stopped all flights and evacuated the terminals. Passengers were ushered into underground tunnels leading to parking garages. After about 30 minutes, the passengers were allowed to leave and the airport was reopened.
Holden toured Northmoor, a small town in Platte County, Mo., where between 25 and 30 homes were either damaged or destroyed. The town's city hall and police station also were damaged.
"I had to hold on with all my strength," said resident Charles Tholl, who was with his girlfriend and five children when the storm hit. "It was scary. It felt like the house was twirling."