He said the storm ripped the side off the freezer, and when he came out he found the twister had thrown his truck -- weighed down by 18,000kg of oil -- "like nothing."
The dead included eight in Kiowa County and one in nearby Pratt County, said Sharon Watson, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Adjutant General's Department. She said officials are looking into reports of two other storm-related deaths.
The White House said US President George W. Bush was briefed on the situation, and a spokeswoman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it was preparing to send aid.
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