Tornado Relief

A tornado between two and four blocks wide touched down on the Kansas State University Manhattan campus Wednesday evening, causing a minimum of $20 million in reported damages.

Among buildings sustaining damage were Cardwell Hall, Ward Hall, Burt Hall, Weber Hall and the engineering complex. The Wind Erosion Laboratory, which had been located near Weber Hall, was destroyed. Damage also was reported in several parking lots. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house sustained extensive damage. Officials say there are no reported deaths.

Here's how to help

The Kansas State University Foundation has established the K-State Tornado Relief Fund. This unrestricted fund will be used for those aspects of disaster recovery which are not covered by state and federal government. To make a gift to help relief efforts at K-State, please visit our online giving page.

Photos of K-State tornado damage:

Click here for photo gallery.
http://www.found.ksu.edu/tornado_relief_album/index.html

To read more, please visit:

K-State storm damage may exceed $20 million; Nuclear reactor undamaged
http://www.k-state.edu/news/2008/2008-06-12-damage.html

To read more updates from K-State's Media Relations office, please visit:
http://www.k-state.edu/news/

To view photos from K-State's Media Relations office, please visit:
http://www.k-state.edu/media/stormphotos.html

To view videos of the storm, please visit:

Tornado hits Manhattan Kansas (Incredible tower cam footage) 49 Chief Meteorologist Matt Miller was on the air, tracking the tornado as it came into Manhattan Wednesday night. http://youtube.com/watch?v=xH5cWky6KSs

June 11th, 2008 Kansas Storms and Tornado Damage Tornado warned storms in north central Kansas and tornado damage in Chapman and Manhattan, Kansas. http://youtube.com/watch?v=g9LUqUK1zOU