![[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Crystal Payton, a FEMA public affairs officer, assists the first people to apply for state and federal assistance at the Disaster Assistance Center set up at the courthouse in the Kansas town. Greensburg suffered massive and widespread damage and death and serious injury to more than two dozen persons when hit by a major tornado Friday. The area was declared a major disaster area by the president Saturday. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDcvMDUvMDcvc2V2ZXJlLXN0b3Jtcy10b3JuYWRvZXMtYW5kLWZsb29kaW5nLWdyZWVuc2J1cmcta3MtNS03LTA3LWNyeXN0YWwtcGF5dG9uLWEtNzMxYTJlLTEwMjQuanBn/320/212/jpg "[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Crystal Payton, a FEMA public affairs officer, assists the first people to apply for state and federal assistance at the Disaster Assistance Center set up at the courthouse in the Kansas town. Greensburg suffered massive and widespread damage and death and serious injury to more than two dozen persons when hit by a major tornado Friday. The area was declared a major disaster area by the president Saturday. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael")
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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Crystal Payton, a FEMA public affairs officer, assists the first people to apply for state and federal assistance at the Disaster Assistance Center set up at the courthouse in the Kansas town. Greensburg suffered massive and widespread damage and death and serious injury to more than two dozen persons when hit by a major tornado Friday. The area was declared a major disaster area by the president Saturday. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael
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Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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07/05/2007
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