Cleanup and recovery efforts continue in Reading, Kansas where an EF-3 tornado caused an estimated $2.2 million damage Saturday night.

Governor Sam Brownback, Senator Jerry Moran and other officials toured the area Monday.

K-170 highway will remain closed through Reading until further notice.

Since the Reading post office was partially destroyed by the twister, residents can pick up their mail at the nearby Lebo post office.

Cities, utilities and civilian volunteers are helping the small town recover. Topeka, Tecumseh and Shawnee County are deploying heavy equipment, a road crew, and other personnel.   Two Lawrence fire chiefs with extensive experience in disasters are helping out as part of the Northeast Kansas incident management team.  Civilian volunteers from across the state signed up to help Monday, the first day volunteers were allowed into the town.

Kansas Insurance Commission Sandy Praeger says insurance information for recent tornado and severe weather victims is available from her department’s Consumer Assistance Hotline.  That number is (800) 432-2484.  Praeger says her office is in touch with insurance companies with disaster teams in the area.