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'This is Kansas today': Cleanup begins in Greensboro after deadly storm (Videos)
- Richard Barron
- Apr 16, 2018
- Apr 16, 2018 Updated Apr 16, 2018
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Residents shake hands in the middle of destruction near Hampton Elementary School on Monday, a day after a tornado caused extensive damage across neighborhoods in east Greensboro.
- H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record

David Oldham, at 4003 Oak Grove Ave., said Monday he was in a room at the front of his house when a neighbor said he saw Sunday’s tornado touch down in the street, sending a tree into Oldham’s house.
- Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
Shirl Davis points the damaged house of her neighbors, Ken and Dorothy Carter, on Monday in Greensboro. The couple were trapped inside their home at 1405 Lord Foxley Drive because a tree uprooted by Sunday’s storm blocked their front and rear entrances.
- Photos by Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
The house on Wooddale Lane with a tree during the day after a tornado hit killing one person and leaving devastation throughout eastern portion of the city, on Monday, April 16, 2018, in Greensboro, N.C.
- Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
A possible tornado that swept through Greensboro on Sunday damaged Peeler Open Elementary at 2200 Randall St.
- Jessie Pounds/News & Record
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Residents shake hands in the middle of destruction near Hampton Elementary School on Monday, a day after a tornado caused extensive damage across neighborhoods in east Greensboro.
- H. Scott Hoffmann/News & Record
David Oldham, at 4003 Oak Grove Ave., said Monday he was in a room at the front of his house when a neighbor said he saw Sunday’s tornado touch down in the street, sending a tree into Oldham’s house.
- Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
Shirl Davis points the damaged house of her neighbors, Ken and Dorothy Carter, on Monday in Greensboro. The couple were trapped inside their home at 1405 Lord Foxley Drive because a tree uprooted by Sunday’s storm blocked their front and rear entrances.
- Photos by Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
The house on Wooddale Lane with a tree during the day after a tornado hit killing one person and leaving devastation throughout eastern portion of the city, on Monday, April 16, 2018, in Greensboro, N.C.
- Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record
A possible tornado that swept through Greensboro on Sunday damaged Peeler Open Elementary at 2200 Randall St.
- Jessie Pounds/News & Record
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