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Photos: A look back at the 2011 Joplin, Missouri, tornado

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the 15th anniversary of the disaster that killed 158 in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, The Star is republishing photographs ...
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The Joplin Tornado: What Our Meteorologists Remember Most 15 Years Later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friday is the 15-year anniversary of the Joplin tornado, which tore a six-mile-long and up to a mile-wide path of devastation ...
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Joplin’s EF-5 tornado destroyed 3,000 homes and an entire hospital

Joplin, Missouri, still hasn’t fully recovered from the devastating tornado that struck the city on May 22, 2011. The scale-topping EF-5 twister killed 161 people in 13 minutes as it swept through the ...
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NWS: 2025 marks Missouri’s highest rate of tornado-related deaths since 2011 Joplin EF-5

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that 16 Missourians died as a result of tornadoes in 2025, marking the highest tornado-related deaths in Missouri since the ...
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Joplin memorial honors 2011 tornado victims with brick display

JOPLIN, Mo. — On this, the 15th anniversary of the 2011 Joplin tornado — the Salvation Army in Joplin unveils an expansion of its Hope Memorial. It was made from debris of the old Salvation Army ...
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Joplin Tornado Survivor Went from 'Miracle Boy' to Dad in Just 2 Years. Here's What He Learned About Family and Fatherhood (Exclusive)

Steven Weersing, known to many as "miracle boy" after surviving the 2011 Joplin tornado, is opening up to PEOPLE about how the twister changed his perspective on family and fatherhood Two years after ...
The Kansas City Star

Condition Gray: How heroes saved lives amid the chaos of the 2011 Joplin tornado

Editor’s note: This story was originally published June 19, 2011. The Star is republishing it to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Joplin tornado. Looking back, they remember the quiet — like a ...
The Christian Science Monitor

In Joplin, a tornado took ‘things you remember.’ But the city’s civic bonds endure.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
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Operation BBQ Relief Returns to Joplin, Missouri, to Honor 15th Anniversary of Deadly Tornado and Founding of the Organization During National Barbecue Month

PECULIAR, Mo., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 22, 2026, Operation BBQ Relief® (OBR) will return to the city where its mission began, setting up at Cunningham Park in Joplin, Mo. to ...
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Healthcare workers sprung to action during the 2011 Joplin tornado. Here are their stories

Fifteen years ago, on May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado tore through the center of Joplin, Missouri. It became the single deadliest tornado in modern history, claiming the lives of 158 people and causing ...
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Joplin remembers EF-5 tornado 15 years later after 161 deaths and 22-mile path

On May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri, killing 161 people and forever changing the city's landscape. The storm was one of the deadliest to ever hit an American city. The ...