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The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011.Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the tornado began just west of Joplin at 5:37 p.m. CDT (UTC–05:00), and intensified very quickly, reaching a maximum width of nearly one mile (1.6 km) during its path through the ...
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. ... 116 people died when an F5 tornado tore ...
A 0.5-mile (0.80 km) wide EF2 tornado then caused extensive damage in Vilonia. At least four people are known to have died in the town with many more injured. Road surface stripped by an EF5 tornado near Philadelphia, Mississippi. On April 27, a large tornado struck Tuscaloosa, Alabama, killing 44 people. [45]
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 ...
The devastation heaped upon Joplin, Mo., 10 days ago by a massive killer tornado will take years if not decades from which to recover. In addition to at least 139 lives lost, scores more residents ...
In the Americas, there are 15 tornadoes on record that caused at least 100 fatalities, the most recent being the Joplin EF5 tornado which killed 158 people in May 2011. There are at least 450 tornadoes on record that caused greater than ten fatalities; the most recent of these was the Rolling Fork, Mississippi EF4 tornado which killed 17 people ...
Two months after a huge tornado split Joplin in half, the. Skip to main content. Finance. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Login / Join. Mail ...