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Tornado slams Joplin, Missouri
A massive tornado that tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killed at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin Sunday, May 22, 2011.
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This frame grab from video shows lightning inside a massive tornado on Sunday, May 22, 2011, outside Joplin, Mo. The tornado tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killing at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars like soda cans and leaving a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood.
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Emergency workers wait for a medical team after finding a body in a tornado ravaged car in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
Charlie Riedel Associated Press
Kerry Sachetta Associated Press
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A man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011. The tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and businesses.
Mike Gullett Associated Press
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Emergency vehicles line up along northbound Rangeline Road in Joplin, Mo. after a tornado swept through the city in Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011.
Roger Nomer AP/The Joplin Globe
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A commercial neighborhood in Joplin, Mo., is seen Monday, May 23, 2011, after it was leveled by a tornado that caused heavy damage on Sunday afternoon. The twister cut a six-mile path through the city.
Adam Wisneski AP/Tulsa World
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A destroyed helicopter lies on its side in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city, damaging the hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
Mark Schiefelbein AP
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Rescue workers in lime-green jackets search for bodies and survivors inside St. John’s hospital in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011. The hospital was damaged by a tornado that destroyed nearly 30 percent of the city on Sunday afternoon.
Adam Wisneski AP/Tulsa World
Jeff Lehr, a reporter for the Joplin Globe Associated Press
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Fire chief Mike McLeod, left, and firefighter Kyle Newport of the Arma, Kan., fire department look through the wreckage of a business in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011.
Mark Schiefelbein Associated Press
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A triage team treats wounded people at a triage station set up at Twenty-sixth and Main Streets in Joplin, Mo. after a tornado swept through the city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011.
Mari Taylor AP/Joplin Globe
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Jean Logan reacts as she sees the damage to her home in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011 after it was damaged by a tornado that destroyed nearly 30 percent of the town on Sunday afternoon. Logan and her granddaughter rode out the storm in the laundry room. The twister cut a six-mile path through the city.
Adam Wisneski AP/Tulsa World
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Rescue specialist Kris Tate of the Springfield, Mo., Fire Department digs under a destroyed vehicle at a home near the St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011.
Mark Schiefelbein Associated Press
Jeff Lehr, reporter for the Joplin Globe Associated Press
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Maggie Kelley and her husband, Trey Adams hug their dog, Saint, after finding him amid the rubble of her home in Joplin, Mo. Monday, May 23, 2011. The two are Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Joplin was leveled by a tornado that destroyed nearly 30 percent of the town on Sunday afternoon.
Adam Wisneski AP/Tulsa World
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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.
Jeff Roberson Associated Press
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An emergency worker carries a girl to safety from the remains of Academy Sports in Joplin, Mo. after a tornado struck the city on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011.
Roger Nomer AP/The Joplin Globe
Tom Roger, Joplin resident Associated Press
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A man carries a box out of a house damaged by a tornado Monday, May 23, 2011, in Joplin , Mo.
Jeff Roberson Associated Press
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Fire chief Mike McLeod, left, and firefighter Kyle Newport of the Arma, Kan., fire department look through the wreckage of a business in Joplin, Mo., Monday, May 23, 2011.
Mark Schiefelbein Associated Press
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Alexia Neal carries a pot and a bottle of syrup out of the rubble that used to be her home in Joplin, Mo. Monday, May 23, 2011. Her home and neighborhood near St. John’s Regional Medical Center was destroyed when a tornado hit it on Sunday.
Jamie Green AP/The Wichita Eagle
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Laura Vanzant looks for her dog Monday, May 23, 2011 in her home that was destroyed by a tornado in Joplin, Mo.
Charlie Riedel Associated Press
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Emergency personnel walk through a neighborhood severely damaged by a tornado near the Joplin Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., Sunday, May 22, 2011.
Mark Schiefelbein Associated Press
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Storm clouds dwarf a farm near Lamar, Mo. as the sun sets Sunday, May 22, 2011. The storm earlier produced a large tornado moved through much of Joplin, Mo., damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses.
Charlie Riedel Associated Press
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