Circus elephants break free after tornadoes
More strong thunderstorms were forecast across the nation’s heartland Friday, continuing a week of severe weather that included twister-spawning storms that caused a pair of circus elephants to break out of their enclosure and roam a Kansas town.
Forecasters said the greatest threat for severe weather Friday was in Illinois, as a low pressure system continued its trek across the Great Plains.
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One of the animals entered a backyard less than a mile from the fairgrounds in WaKeeney and was blocked off by fire trucks until trainers could coax it onto a truck, Trego County Sheriff Richard Schneider said.
