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Photos: 2013 tornado in Wayne, Nebraska
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The remains of a Napa Auto Parts store on Nov. 20, 2013. An F4 tornado tore through Wayne and destroyed the store on Oct. 4, 2013. The owners didn't rebuild.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
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A worker, upper right, uses a torch to cut metal beams apart at AgVenture, one of several businesses devastated by a tornado that struck the Wayne area.
DARIN EPPERLY, NORFOLK DAILY NEWS
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An aerial view of the damage that the tornado caused near the Wayne airport. The airport terminal, which was dedicated just weeks prior, was demolished before construction was completed.
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Traci Krusemark removes children's clothes she found in the rubble of her house in Wayne on Oct, 05, 2013.
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Dana Tompkins amid a pile of twisted metal and crumpled airplanes at the Wayne airport on Oct. 5, 2013. Tornadoes damaged Wayne on Oct. 4. Tompkins' plane was the gold one in the center.
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Farm machinery was blown into the side of a building.
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Dana Tompkins displays a tattered American flag he found in the rubble at the Wayne airport.
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People survey tornado damage on the east side of Wayne.
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Volunteers help clean up Matt and Traci Krusemark's house, located at 86230 Highway 15.
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A tornado touched down and destroyed several businesses and areas on the eastern side of Wayne on Oct. 4, 2013, at about 5:30 p.m. Here, buildings at the airport were reduced to rubble.
BOB BERRY, NORFOLK DAILY NEWS
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A tornado took the roof off this building near Seventh Street and Centennial Road on the east side of Wayne.
