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(Video) Tornado Causes Damage In NE Kansas

Marshall County KS sheriff badgeAuthorities Kansas county planned damage assessments Tuesday after twisters touched down over the Memorial Day weekend.

In Marysville, a tornado damaged two businesses and some homes but there are no early reports of fatalities or serious injuries.

Marshall County emergency management director Bill Schwindamann says the tornado was reported about 9:30 p.m. Monday in Marysville, about 150 miles northwest of Kansas City near the Nebraska border.

Schwindamann says one business was destroyed and another was seriously damaged. He says about 25 homes suffered damage ranging from minor to substantial. Some livestock also was reported missing at a farm where a barn was destroyed.

Crews were out assessing the damage and working to restore power lines early Tuesday.

The video above shows what happens when storm chasers get inside a wedge tornado near Smith Center.

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