Kansas tornado generated 165mph winds as it destroyed homes

Kansas tornado generated 165mph winds as it destroyed homes
A home destroyed by the tornado in Andover, Kansas (Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle via AP)

A tornado that damaged more than 1,000 buildings in Kansas in the US generated winds of up to 165mph and carved a path of destruction nearly 13 miles long.

The National Weather Service said the tornado that caused extensive damage on Friday mostly in the Wichita suburb of Andover and injured several people, rated an EF-3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale it uses to assess tornadoes.

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