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Joplin tornado, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, killed 158 people as Owasso storm chasers recall the devastation in a ...
More than 150 died when a twister tore through Joplin in 2011, making it the deadliest tornado in the last seven decades.
NBC’s new series “Survival Mode” featured a story about the 2011 Joplin, Missouri, tornado that killed 161 people and injured over 1,000 residents.
Texas flooding map, update: Thousands face new flash flood risk Baby bison appear to have a blast chasing each other at ...
NEED TO KNOW Steven Weersing, known to many as "miracle boy" after surviving the 2011 Joplin tornado, is opening up to PEOPLE about how the twister changed his perspective on family and fatherhood Two ...
Not long after the Joplin tornado hit, Steven became a father himself. His first daughter was born on May 23, 2013 — two years and one day after the twister changed his life.
After relaunching the Sunshine Lamp Trolley, the city of Joplin is turning its attention to examining the possibility of developing a regional transit system.
An amended ordinance allowing permits to be issued for hunting deer inside the Joplin city limits won final approval from the City Council this week. The amendment, offered by council member Josh ...
Fourteen years ago, in May 2011, an EF5 tornado tore through the small town of Joplin, Mo., leaving nearly 160 people dead and injuring more than 1,100 others.
JOPLIN, Mo. -- More than 230 people remain unaccounted for four days after the deadliest single tornado in more than six decades tore through the middle of Joplin, Missouri officials said Thursday.
A catastrophic F4 tornado carved a path of destruction through Central Massachusetts, colliding head on with Worcester on the evening of June 9, 1953.
Almost a month after the mile-wide tornado hit, local tree companies are still cleaning up damage. First, they tackled emergencies — the trees that had fallen on houses or were blocking traffic.