Frank Morris

The tornado smashed the hotel's windows, blew the roof off, and took parts of the walls with it.

George says he salvaged only a laundry basket full of wet clothes and two beers.

Another twister hit Hillsdale, Kansas, ripping apart more than 50 homes there.

Despite the destruction, no one was killed.

For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris in Kansas City.

Volunteers in Iowa, Kansas are cleaning up after a tornado cut a path across town, tearing up dozens of homes and businesses.

Colton George says he was watching from the parking lot of his temporary home, the Knights Inn Motel, until management shoot him in the basement.

The tornado smashed the hotel's windows, blew the roof off, and took parts of the walls with it.

George says he salvaged only a laundry basket full of wet clothes and two beers.

Another twister hit Hillsdale, Kansas, ripping apart more than 50 homes there.

Despite the destruction, no one was killed.

For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris in Kansas City.

Farmers plant major crops like corn and soybeans in the spring, but first they put down lots of nitrogen fertilizer, chiefly urea.

Urea is made with natural gas, and almost half the world's exports of it typically ship through the Strait of Hormuz.

Urea prices have shot up by almost a third since the Strait closed.

Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer at Stonex, says it's his nightmare scenario.

The Fertilizer Institute predicts American farmers will be short perhaps 2 million tons of urea this spring and grow less food because of it.

For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris.

Farmers plant major crops like corn and soybeans in the spring, but first they put down lots of nitrogen fertilizer, chiefly urea.

Urea is made with natural gas, and almost half the world's exports of it typically ship through the Strait of Hormuz.