Joplin
may 23
A powerful tornado plowed through the southwestern Missouri town of Joplin on Sunday, flattening numerous homes and badly damaging a hospital there, according to authorities and television footage of the storm 's aftermath. Reuters US News
Elsewhere, another possible tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, about 150 miles south of Kansas City, Missouri, causing " some fatalities, " though the exact number was not known, said Lynn Ostot, spokeswoman for the city of Joplin. CNN Most Popular
Damage was widespread across the south side of Joplin. ABC News Top Stories
Damage was widespread across the south side of Joplin, Mo., John Campbell, operations director for the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency, confirmed fatalities have been reported, but he did not yet have an exact number or specifics. Fox News National
Tornadoes tore through parts of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, killing at least one person in Minneapolis and damaging whole neighborhoods as well as a hospital in the Missouri town of Joplin, according to authorities and local television footage. Reuters US News
Damage to St. John 's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., after it was hit by a tornado on Sunday. NYTimes Front Page
A massive tornado blasted its way across southwestern Missouri on Sunday, flattening several blocks of homes and businesses in Joplin and leaving residents frantically scrambling through the wreckage. NPR News Headlines
may 24
Unlike the multiple storms that killed more than 300 people last month across the South, Joplin was smashed by just one exceptionally powerful tornado. Fox News
The tornado that smashed Joplin on Sunday evening also ravaged one of the town 's major hospitals just when it was needed the most, killing at least six people in the building, blowing out windows and sucking up X-rays and medical records and dumping them two counties away. MSNBC News
ABC News ' Josh Elliott is with rescue crews inside Joplin 's destroyed ABC News US
A woman removes a rifle from the debris of a destroyed home after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri May 23, 2011. Reuters Top News
But Nixon says he fears the number killed by the storm that slammed into the southwest Missouri city of Joplin on Sunday evening will grow higher as search and rescue efforts continue. Seattle Times full feed
The extraordinary Joplin twister — the single deadliest tornado since officials began keeping records in 1950 — was a rare destructive phenomenon known as a “multi-vortex,” hiding two or more cyclones within the wider wind funnel. Washington Post Energy & Environment
Joplin, Mo. ABC News Top Stories
Joplin officials said more than 2,000 structures were ripped apart and whole neighborhoods obliterated in what was described as the worst tornado ever to hit Missouri. LA Times National News
may 25
Joplin fire chief Mitch Randles estimated the damage covered a quarter or more of the city of about 50,000 people some 160 miles south of Kansas City and said his home was among those destroyed. Daily Mail
The storms come as Joplin, Mo., continues to clean up from a devastating tornado that has killed at least 122 people. CTV News Latest
Josh Ramsey looks through the rubble of what is left of his mother-in-law 's home following a tornado Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. VOA US News
The violent storms hit just two days after a massive tornado tore through the southwest Missouri town of Joplin, killing 122 in the deadliest single tornado to touch down since the National Weather Service began keeping official records in 1950. ABC News US
Mayor of Joplin offers words of hope to residents in deadly tornado aftermath. ABC News US
A new round of tornadoes began two days after a monster twister ripped through the heart of Joplin, Missouri, killing at least 118 people. Reuters US News
The weekend tornado in Joplin stirred memories of two fatal twisters that struck in Alabama last month. CNN Top Stories
The new storms come as rescue workers search for hundreds of people missing in Joplin, Missouri, about 200 miles ( 320km ) to the north-east. BBC Top Stories
“When you look at people in Joplin, Mo., and Tuscaloosa, Ala., we’ve got nothing to complain about,” she said. NYTimes Front Page
Cheryl Parker looks out from her destroyed home to her leveled neighborhood after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri May 24, 2011. Reuters US News
may 26
The nation's single deadliest tornado since 1950 killed 125 on Sunday in the southwest Missouri city of Joplin. WHEC.com
The tornado sirens sounded about 9: 30 p.m., prompting a stampede through the hallways of Joplin 's Hilton Garden Inn. LA Times National News
Residents recover possessions from a destroyed apartment building in Joplin, Missouri May 25, 2011. Reuters Top News
President Obama is going to be visiting Joplin, Mo., on Sunday, but you know what they 're talking about, like this right-wing slut, what 's her name ? Reuters Media
Joplin 's heart was certainly broken by the storm. ABC News
When three tornadoes marched toward Oklahoma City and its suburbs, thousands of people in the path benefited from good forecasts, luck and live television to avoid the kind of catastrophe that befell Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Joplin, Mo. Seattle Times
About 100 volunteers are cross-referencing lists and cell phone numbers in a bid to reconnect families and determine who is truly missing, said Lynn Onstot, Joplin public information officer. CNN Most Popular
The people of Joplin, Mo., are now reeling in the aftermath of one of the worst tornadoes to ever strike a community. Huffington Post Full Feed
may 29
A search and rescue team looks for victims at a devastated apartment complex in Joplin, Missouri, May 26, 2011. VOA US News
Tracey Presslor holds a picture of her nephew Will Norton at a news conference in Joplin, Missouri May 28, 2011. Reuters Top News
The death toll from the Joplin tornado rose Saturday to 139, bringing the total number of tornado deaths in the U.S. this season to 520, surpassing the record of 519 set in 1953, according to the Associated Press. LA Times National News
A military uniform is hung on part of a destroyed home in Joplin, Missouri May 28, 2011. Reuters US News
The numbers look increasingly bleak for families hoping for the best after a monster tornado that devastated the town of Joplin, as the city has raised the death toll to at least 139 and state officials say 100 people are still missing. Huffington Post Full Feed
US President Barack Obama is set to visit the tornado-hit city of Joplin in Missouri, where 142 people are now known to have been killed. BBC Top Stories
