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The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011.Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the EF5 tornado began just west of Joplin and intensified very quickly, reaching a maximum width of nearly one mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city.
A weak tornado reported in the vicinity of Joplin, Missouri caused minor damage Thursday afternoon. Eric Wise, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Springfield, said a brief ...
Ten years ago, Joplin, Missouri, was devastated by an enormous and powerful tornado -- which set records that still stand today. On the afternoon on May 22, 2011, a supercell thunderstorm began ...
Joplin, Missouri, which was hit by an EF5 tornado in 2011, has made changes to building codes to protect people from powerful storms. Past lessons are helping people protect homes from future ...
An EF3 tornado struck Reading, Kansas on May 21, resulting in severe damage and one fatality. An EF5 tornado in Joplin, Missouri resulted in 158 fatalities on May 22, becoming one of the deadliest tornadoes in United States history. This tornado was the most severe of the outbreak, and it caused catastrophic damage across southern portions of ...
[Tornado Warning #31] was issued at 5:17pm local time for Joplin, Missouri. At 5:22pm a funnel cloud was reported over Riverton, Kansas, about 6 miles west of the westernmost part of Joplin. At 5:34pm a funnel cloud was reported over Galena, Kansas, about 3 miles west of the westernmost part of Joplin.
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Empty concrete pads where houses once stood. Untouched playgrounds still riddled with broken glass. ... Two months after a huge tornado split Joplin in half, the. Skip to main ...
A tornado skirted just a few miles north of Joplin, Missouri, on the eighth anniversary of a catastrophic tornado that killed 161 people in the city. The tornado caused damage in the nearby town ...