1 dead as possible tornadoes slam Midwest BRANSON, Mo. - At least one person has been killed and numerous injuries and significant damage were reported early Wednesday as a line of possible tornadoes moved across the Midwest. The death happened when a possible tornado hit a mobile home park in southwest Missouri, south of Buffalo, said Lt. Dana Eagan of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office. Another 13 people at the trailer park were injured, she said. Crews would begin searching the area once the sun came up, Eagan said. The storm also knocked out power to all of Buffalo, Eagan said. Other hard-hit were areas in southwest Missouri included Branson and Lebanon. In Branson, there were at least a dozen injuries including people trapped in their homes, National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Griffin said. The apparent tornado moved through downtown Branson, heavily damaging the city's famous theaters, Griffin said. Searchers there were going house to house early Wednesday, Taney County Sheriff Jimmie Russell. He said he didn't know how many injuries there were or how severe they were. After hitting the Midwest, the weather system was headed to Kentucky and Tennessee, Griffin. Elsewhere, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency late Tuesday after an apparent tornado struck Harveyville. The declaration covered Wabaunsee County, southwest of Topeka. A news release from the governor's office said one person was critically injured and "a number of homes" and a church were damaged, and trees and power lines were down. Earlier, the National Weather Service reported brief tornado touchdowns southwest of Hutchinson, Kan.