May 23 - After a large tornado rips through a small Midwestern city, Missouri City Manager Mark Rohr announces "It is indeed a sad day in Joplin. It is with a heavy heart that I report that we have 89 confirmed deaths due to this tornado." Rough cut (no reporter narration). JOPLIN, Missouri (Reuters) - At least 89 people have died in Joplin, Missouri, and the toll is expected to climb as one of the deadliest tornadoes in state history roared through the small Midwestern city on Sunday, local officials said on Monday. May 23 - A massive twister rips through Joplin, Missouri, killing at least 89 people. Rough cut - no reporter narration. (The Associated Press) More tornadoes are expected across the nation's midsection through the middle of the week, but it is unlikely that any outbreak will be as widespread as one that hit the South last month. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., says more violent weather is expected after a tornado killed at least 89 people at Joplin, Mo., on Sunday. Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma could see tornadoes Monday and Tuesday, and the bad weather could spread to the East Coast by Friday. The deadliest single tornado to strike the United States in nearly 60 years has reduced the Missouri town of Joplin to rubble, ripping buildings apart and killing at least 89 people. Authorities say the death toll from the tornado stands at 89 but is likely to go higher. Search-and-rescue and relief crews race against an approaching storm, but their efforts are complicated by downed power lines, fires and transportation problems. Search-and-rescue teams on Monday pored through rubble and wreckage, all that was left in many areas of Joplin, where at least 89 people have died, more than 2,000 structures have been ripped apart and whole neighborhoods have been obliterated after a tornado carved a six-mile path through southwestern Missouri. Oh . So not the time. Way to stay classy. Authorities say they fear more than 24 dead in the Missouri town of Joplin JOPLIN, Mo. - Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Midwest on Sunday, killing at least one person in Minneapolis and an unknown number of others in a Missouri town where a hospital was hit. Authorities say at least 89 have died in the massive tornado that struck the southwest Missouri city of Joplin. JOPLIN, Mo. - 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, ripping into a hospital, crushing cars like soda cans and leaving a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood. (The Associated Press) President Barack Obama says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with state and local agencies in response to a tornado that ripped through the southwest Missouri community of Joplin. Obama issued a statement Sunday night sending condolences to families of those who died in storms in Joplin and across the Midwest. He commended the "heroic" efforts of those who are responding to the disaster. A twister kills at least 89 people in the mid-western city At least 89 people have died in the massive tornado that hit the southwest Missouri city of Joplin on Sunday, authorities said. Tornadoes also struck Kansas and Minnesota over the weekend, killing at least one and injuring several people. JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Midwest on Sunday, killing at least one person in Minneapolis and an unknown number of others in a Missouri town where a hospital was hit. Damage was widespread across the south side of Joplin. KOTV's Emily Baucum reports from Joplin, Missouri on the destruction caused by a tornado that ripped through the city and killed at least 89 people.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Missouri city manager confirms tornado death toll Tornado kills at least 89 in Joplin Deadly captured on video Storm center says bad weather expected all week Search for US survivors After devastating Mo. officials search victims brace new storm At dead after huge Comment say that slammed into killed tornadoes batter central U.S. slam Midwest Obama offers condolences aid Damage Kills Dozens Tornadoes many fatalities Video Death continues to rise
