![[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 - A basement is all that's left of a home in the middle of town. Most of the buildings that were not blown away by the May 4 tornado will have to be torn down. FEMA is paying seventy-five percent of the removal costs. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDcvMDUvMjMvc2V2ZXJlLXN0b3Jtcy10b3JuYWRvZXMtYW5kLWZsb29kaW5nLWdyZWVuc2J1cmcta3MtbWF5LTIzLTIwMDctYS1iYXNlbWVudC1pcy04NTk5YjktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/213/jpg "[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 - A basement is all that's left of a home in the middle of town. Most of the buildings that were not blown away by the May 4 tornado will have to be torn down. FEMA is paying seventy-five percent of the removal costs. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA")
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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 - A basement is all that's left of a home in the middle of town. Most of the buildings that were not blown away by the May 4 tornado will have to be torn down. FEMA is paying seventy-five percent of the removal costs. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA
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Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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23/05/2007
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