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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 ...
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EF5-rated damage in Hackleburg, Alabama where a large tornado killed seventeen residents. The 2011 Super Outbreak, which took place across the Southern United States from April 25–28, 2011, was the largest and third-deadliest tornado outbreak in United States history, [1] with 359 tornadoes resulting in the deaths of at least 324 people, [2] [3] the majority of whom lived in the state of ...
In this May 22, 2011, file photo residents walk in the street after a massive tornado hit Joplin, Mo. A sky-darkening storm was working its way into southwest Missouri around dinnertime on a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 direct 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 ...
Clockwise from top: A view of Joplin, Missouri 10 days after being hit by a catastrophic EF5 tornado; Damage caused by a strong EF4 tornado on April 27; A destroyed house in Smithville, Mississippi after a fast-moving EF5 tornado; A long-tracked tornado seen on a tower cam; A powerful tornado at EF5 intensity after exiting the town of Rainsville, Alabama.