Gov. Sebelius signs a letter asking for federal funds to assist Kansas in caring for evacuees.

Sebelius was asked by Texas officials to take in people they couldn't handle. Her spokeswoman Nicole Corcoran said the funds are needed to help "save lives, protect property, public health and safety and to lessen the overall impact'' of the state's effort to help evacuees.

Communities across Kansas were beginning to see people trickle in from the storm, with the bulk of evacuees still to come.