Tornado Cost Kansas Towns $146.3 Million

Sedgwick County officials say the tornado that hit Oaklawn and southeast Wichita, Kan., last weekend caused an estimated $146.3 million in damage.

County officials say the tornado damaged or destroyed 776 homes and 86 businesses, and affected another 3,481 residences and 165 businesses. That total includes 11 homes that were totally destroyed.

The Wichita Eagle reports mobile homes are not included in that figure because they are classified as personal property. In the Pinaire Mobile Home Park, 92 mobile homes suffered more than 50 percent damage.

Other damage reported was to power poles, traffic signals and street signs.

The city of Wichita is still estimating the cost of repairing a sewer treatment plant that lost much of its roof.