Eckert W G
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1991 Dec;12(4):281-5. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199112000-00003.
Kansas is known for its fierce whether, including tornados in the spring and fall and blizzards in the winter. A recent series of tornados cut a path of destruction a mile wide for greater than 40 miles (64 km), killed 20 people, and caused several hundred casualities on the evening of April 26, 1991, in Tornado Alley, which runs from the northern border of Oklahoma through southern Kansas past Wichita toward Emporium, Kansas. The wind velocity was greater than 200 mph. Twenty people were killed, 17 of these in Andover, Kansas, a small town east of Wichita. Injuries caused by the tornados and the excellent emergency response and care provided by medical, law-enforcement, and volunteer personnel in the wake of the storms are described here.
堪萨斯州以其恶劣的天气而闻名，包括春秋季的龙卷风以及冬季的暴风雪。1991年4月26日晚，在从俄克拉荷马州北部边境穿过堪萨斯州南部、经过威奇托市并朝着堪萨斯州恩波里亚市延伸的龙卷风走廊地带，一系列龙卷风造成了一条宽达一英里、长达40多英里（64公里）的破坏路径，造成20人死亡，数百人受伤。风速超过每小时200英里。20人丧生，其中17人在堪萨斯州威奇托市以东的小镇安多弗遇难。本文描述了龙卷风造成的伤害以及风暴过后医疗、执法和志愿人员所提供的出色应急响应与护理情况。
