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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.
The Joplin tornado was rated an EF5, the highest intensity on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with wind speeds surpassing 200 mph. EF5 tornadoes account for less than 1% of all tornadoes that occur, and ...
An especially destructive EF5 tornado destroyed one-third of Joplin, Missouri, resulting in 158 deaths and over 1,000 injuries. [7] [8] The Joplin tornado was the deadliest in the United States since April 9, 1947, when an intense tornado killed 181 in the Woodward, Oklahoma, area.
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
Mercy Hospital Joplin, formerly known as St. John's Regional Medical Center, is a hospital in Joplin, Missouri, USA. The hospital is famous for suffering devastating damage in the 2011 Joplin tornado. The original storm-ravaged building was demolished in 2013.
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 ...
The Flint-Beecher F5 tornado produced the last 100+ death toll for a single tornado in US history until the 2011 Joplin tornado. An F4 tornado that struck Worcester, Massachusetts, killed 94 people and may have reached F5 status as well. (26 significant, 6 violent, 7 killer) [36] [37] Tornado outbreak of June 27, 1953: June 27, 1953: North ...
Joplin was the site of one of the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history, in 2011. An EF5 multi-vortex twister with winds peaking at 250 mph killed 161 people and left behind a swath of damage across ...