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America's deadliest tornado for 64 years: Terrifying twister cutssix-mile swathe through a Missouri town, leaving up to 116 deadBy DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 12:54 AM on 24th May 2011

l Devastating 198mph tornado tore a path a mile wide and six miles long straight through Joplin, Missouri

l Deadliest single tornado in over 60 years with at least 116 people killed

l Meteorologists issue new tornado warning for the ruined city

l Nearly 500 people have now died as a result of tornadoes in the U.S. in 2011

l Residents only had 20 minutes to take cover before monster tornado swept through the heart of the city

l Missouri governor declares state of emergency in city of about 50,000 people

l Emergency workers say thunderstorms are hampering efforts to find survivors as 1,500 rescuers search for missing

l Family and friends of the missing post moving appeals for information on Facebook and blogs

l Storm Prediction Center says more violent weather expected with further tornadoes through the middle of week

Thousands of people were left without homes to go tonight after the deadliest single tornado to strike the United States in over 60 years touched down on

Missouri, reducing the city of Joplin to rubble, ripping buildings apart and killing at least 116 people in a 6-mile path of destruction.

Authorities said they had rescued seven people alive on Monday, but emergency warned that the death toll could climb higher as heavy winds, strongrain and hail quarter-sized hail stones hampered the search effort.

Meteorologists issued a new tornado warning for the devastated city as forecasters warned large swathes of the country to brace for more big storms onTuesday.

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Aftermath: Aerial footage of the destruction in Joplin, Missouri, where a massive tornado tore straight through the city

Devastation: Destroyed homes and debris cover the ground as a second storm moves in on Monday in Joplin, Missouri
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Path of destruction: No house escaped the wrath of nature in some of Minneapolis

DEADLIEST TORNADOES IN U.S.HISTORY

1. March 18 1925 Missouri/Illinois/Indiana; 695dead2. May 6 1840 Natchez, Mississippi; 317 dead3. May 27 1896 St. Louis, Missouri; 255 dead4. April 5 1936 Tupelo, Mississippi; 216 dead5. April 6 1936 Gainesville, Georgia; 203 dead6. April 9 1947 Woodward, Oklahoma; 181dead7. April 24 1908 Amite, La./Purvis, Miss.; 143dead8. June 12 1899 New Richmond, Wisconsin;117 dead9. May 23 2011 Joplin, Missouri; 116 dead10. June 3 1953 Flint, Michigan; 115 dead

Source: Storm Prediction Center of National Weather

Services National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

A tornado watch was issued on Monday for Oklahoma and parts of southern Kansas due to an'evolving tornado threat', said Russell Schneider, director of the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration's Storm Prediction Center.

'We are currently forecasting a major severe weather outbreak for Tuesday over the central UnitedStates with strong tornadoes likely over Oklahoma, Kansas, extreme northern Texas, southwestMissouri,' Mr Schneider said.

The warning was extended to the area around Joplin, Missouri, and included cities such as OklahomaCity, Tulsa, Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City.

'On Wednesday, the system will shift eastward to the Mississippi River valley,' Mr Schneider said,including central Illinois and Indiana, southeast Missouri and the southeastern states of Kentucky,Tennessee, Mississippi and much of Arkansas.

Officials said the tornado that hit at around 6pm on Sunday was the single deadliest in the countrysince in Woodward, Oklahoma, in April 1947.

Joplin fire chief Mitch Randles estimated the damage covered a quarter or more of the city of about50,000 people some 160 miles south of Kansas City and said his home was among those destroyed.It cut the city in half, he said.

The National Weather Service said the tornado packed winds of up to 198 mph.

The weather service's director, Jack Hayes, said the storm was given a preliminary label as an EF4 -the second-highest rating given to twisters. The rating is assigned to storms based on the damagethey cause.

Hayes said the storm had winds of 190 to 198 miles per hour. He said survey teams from the National Weather Service are on the scene and will make afinal determination on the rating Tuesday.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard to help out after one of the worst disasters in the state'shistory.

Warning: some of the images below are graphic

Homeless: Ted Grabenauer sleeps on his front porch the morning after a tornado ripped off the roof of his home when it hit Joplin, Missouri

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Ruins: A view of the devastation after a tornado blew the roof off the St John's Regional Medical Center, rear, where about 180 patients cowered and were eventually

evacuated

Desolation: A residential neighbourhood in Joplin is seen after it was levelled by the tornado

SIX MONTHS OF DESTRUCTION

January - February 2011

North American blizzards - Violent stormsblanketed thirty states in snow, wreaked havocon the Super Bowl and turned the Hollywoodmountains white.

April 4 2011

President Barack Obama called Nixon and offered his condolences to those affected, assuring thegovernor that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would provide whateverassistance was needed.

'Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to the families of all those who lost their lives in thetornadoes and severe weather that struck Joplin, Missouri, as well as communities across theMidwest today,' the President said in a statement sent from Air Force One as he flew to Europe.


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Alabama tornadoes - A massive thunderstormfront spawned 137 tornadoes, killed at least180 people, and destroyed sections ofTuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Huntsville,Alabama.

April May 2011

Texas wildfires More than 2.5 million acreswere burned as the fires spread, efforts to fightthe flames were hampered by the ongoingdrought and strong winds.

April - May 2011

Mississippi River floodsTwo major stormsdumped record rainfall, thousands of homes

were ordered evacuated and the MorganzaSpillway was opened for the first time in 37years to deliberately flood 4,600 square milesof Louisiana.

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'We commend the heroic efforts by those who have responded and who are working to help theirfriends and neighbours at this very difficult time.'

Caring for the injured was made more difficult because the main hospital, Saint John's RegionalMedical Center, had to be evacuated after suffering a direct hit - the tornado ripped off its roof andsmashed all its windows.

Cries could still be heard early Monday from survivors trapped in the wreckage.

City manager Mark Rohr announced the number of known dead at a pre-dawn news conference outside the wreckage of the hospital.

He said the twister cut a path nearly 6 miles long through the centre of the city. Much of the city's south side was levelled, with churches, schools,businesses and homes reduced to ruins.

Jasper County emergency management director Keith Stammer said about 2,000 buildings were damaged.

Authorities began a door- to-door search on Monday morning, with rescuers moving cautiously around downed power lines and jagged debris.

A series of gas leaks caused fires around the city overnight, and Missouri governor Jay Nixon said some were still burning.

Map: Infrared image of the powerful tornado that spun through a densely populated part of Missouri
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Despair: A tree stripped of bark and leaves frames St John's Regional Medical Center

Eye of the storm: The tornado tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri


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Relief: Maggie Kelley and her husband, Trey Adams hug their dog, Saint, after finding him amid the rubble of her home in Joplin

Mr Nixon said he feared the death toll would rise but also expected survivors to be found in the rubble.

I don't think we're done counting, he said. I still believe that because of the size of the debris and the number of people involved that there are lives tobe saved.

Crews found bodies during the night in vehicles the storm had flipped over, torn apart and left looking like crushed cans.

Triage centers and shelters set up around the city quickly filled to capacity.

At Memorial Hall, a downtown entertainment venue, nurses and other emergency workers from across the region treated critically injured patients.

Efforts: Rescue workers in lime-green jackets search for bodies and survivors inside St John's hospital


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Re-united: A man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home

Devastation: Emergency personnel walk through a neighbourhood severely damaged by a tornado near the Joplin hospital. There are are no firm details on the number of

dead or injured, as the hospital is out of action

Memories: Evelyn Knoblauch looks at a picture in what is left of her daughter's house


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At another makeshift unit at a Lowe's home improvement store, wooden planks served as beds.

Outside, ambulances and fire trucks waited for calls. During one stretch after midnight on Monday, emergency vehicles were scrambling nearly every twominutes.

On Monday morning, survivors picked through the rubble of what were once their homes, salvaging clothes, furniture, family photos and financial records,the air pungent with the smell of gas and smoking embers.

Others wandered through the wreckage with nowhere to go, their homes or apartments destroyed.

Kelley Fritz, 45, of Joplin, rummaged through the remains of a storage building with her husband, Jimmy.

Somber: An American flag hangs from a twisted tree limb in Joplin

Charts: This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration image released on May 23, 2011 shows the storm system moments before spawning the tornado


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Nothing remains: Anita Stokes salvages meat from a freezer at her home that was destroyed by a tornado in Joplin

WHAT IS CAUSING THEDEVASTATING STORMS?

Meteorological and environmental experts aretrying to offer explanations for the string oftornadoes that have been more frequent andsevere than usual.

Many weather experts are blaming global

warming.Twisters generally occur when cold air hitswarm air and, because it is almost summer, theair is warm over much of the U.S.

Unusually cold air is pushing down from thenorth, contributing to major storm activity.

When the cold air hits the warmer air, it pushesit higher into the atmosphere than is normal,which produces major storm activity.

A lot of rain has accompanied the increasedstorm activity, producing massive flooding.

Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist at theNational Center for Atmospheric Research,said: There are certainly issues related towarnings and building codes, but we cannotunduly discount climate change and high seasurface temperatures in the Gulf.'

They quickly realised they would never find the belongings they stored there, and that they had lostmuch of what was in their home after the tornado ripped away the roof.

Their sons, aged 20 and 17, went outside after the storm and saw that every home was destroyed.

My sons had deceased children in their arms when they came back, Mrs Fritz said. My husband andI went out and saw two or three dead bodies on the ground.

Mrs Fritz said she was surprised she survived. You could just feel the air pull up and it was sopainful. I didn't think we were going to make it, it happened so fast.

Tornado sirens gave residents about a 20-minute warning before the tornado touched down on thecity's west side.

Staff at St John's Regional Medical Center rushed patients into hallways before the storm struck thenine-storey building, blowing out hundreds of windows and leaving the facility unusable.

The hospital was among the worst-hit locations.

Early on Monday, floodlights lit what remained of the building that once held as many 367 patients.Police officers could be seen combing the surrounding area for bodies.

In the parking lot, a helicopter lay crushed on its side, its rotors torn apart and windows smashed.

Nearby, a pile of cars lay crumpled into a single mass of twisted metal.

Winds from the storm carried debris up to 60 miles away, with medical records, X-rays, insulation andother items falling to the ground in Greene County, said Larry Woods, assistant director of theSpringfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management.

Matt Sheffer dodged downed power lines, trees and closed streets to make it to his dental officeacross from the hospital. Rubble littered a flattened lot where a pharmacy, gas station and somedoctors' offices once stood.

My office is totally gone. Probably for two to three blocks, it's just levelled, Mr Sheffer said.

The building that my office was in was not flimsy. It was 30 years old and two layers of brick. It wasvery sturdy and well built.


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Search: An emergency vehicle drives through a severely damaged neighbourhood in Joplin

Soul destroying: Jean Logan surveys the damage to her home in Joplin after the tornado. She had taken refuge in her laundry room with her granddaughter


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A total mess: Rachel Hurst picks through her belongings that were strewn about from her garage that was blown away in Minneapolis on Sunday

Emergency: Extensive damage can be seen at the St John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. An emergency agency spokesman says fatalities had been

reported but was unsure of the exact figure

PLEASE CAN YOU HELP? THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR LOVED ONES BEGINS

As rescue workers continued their search for survivors, friends and family of loved ones postedmoving appeals online for help finding those missing.

Groups of residents set up Facebook groups and blogs to post photos of people whosewhereabouts is unknown.

Heather Hill Stoneburner posted: Please look for Ruth Lawrence...96 years old & lived alone...closeto St. John's at 3142 Tyler.

I have seen pictures on the news. It is hard to watch. Thank you for any information. Please besafe.

Savannah Richardson wrote: i was wanting to know if you found or if my dad is okay cause I'vecalled him 50 times and no answer I was wanting to know if you could keep eye out for him causeI'm scared he could have been in Joplin at the time of the storm.

Pam Fricker posted a photo ( right) and wrote: My aunt, Janice Knight, lives at 1829 S. Moffett.She's about 5 feet tall, blonde, age 74.

The girl in the red shirt is Lynsey Knight, and works in ER at Freeman's... If anyone has seen them,please let them know that Uncle George was found stranded at 20th and Maiden Lane but has

been helped.I live in Oklahoma City, and have not been able to reach anyone.

On a blog for relatives of those missing, one man wrote: 'my brother is missing please help - michael dodd 1516 east 18th street joplin mo i cannotcontact my brother in any way if anyone finds any information please let me know i am so worried i am praying for all of our families and friends backthere.'

The Joplin twister was one of 68 reported tornadoes across seven Midwest states over the weekend, stretched from Oklahoma to Wisconsin, according tothe National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center.

One person was killed in Minneapolis. But the devastation in Missouri was the worst, eerily reminiscent of the tornadoes that killed more than 300 peopleacross the South last month.

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Residents said the damage was breathtaking in scope.

You see pictures of World War II, the devastation and all that with the bombing. That's really what it looked like, said Kerry Sachetta, the principal of aflattened Joplin High School.

I couldn't even make out the side of the building. It was total devastation in my view. I just couldn't believe what I saw.

Emergency management officials rushed heavy equipment to Joplin to help lift debris and clear the way for search and recovery operations.

Governor Nixon declared a state of emergency, and President Barack Obama said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was working with stateand local agencies.

Raised to the ground: Blocks of homes lie in total destruction after the devastating tornado


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Unbelievable: Destroyed vehicles are piled on top of one another in the parking lot of the Joplin Regional Medical Centre

Heatbreaking: Joplin resident Chue Vang, 50, reacts after coming home to discover that her home was destroyed by the devastating tornado

Desperate: Amy Langford carries items from her house that she was in with her husband Mark when the tornado hit their home in Joplin

Jeff Lehr, a reporter for the Joplin Globe, said he was upstairs in his home when the storm hit but was able to make his way to a basement closet.

The storm tore the roof off his house, but he was safe. When he emerged, he found people wandering through the streets, covered in mud.

I'm talking to them, asking if they knew where their family is, Mr Lehr said. Some of them didn't know and weren't sure where they were. All the streetmarkers were gone.

Justin Gibson, 30, huddled with three relatives outside the tangled debris of a Home Depot. He pointed to a black pickup that had been tossed into thestore's ruins and said it belonged to his roommate's brother, who was last seen in the store with his two young daughters.

Mr Gibson, who has three children of his own, said his home was levelled and everything in that neighbourhood is gone. The high school, the churches,


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the grocery store. I can't get hold of my ex-wife to see how my kids are.

I don't know the extent of this yet, he said, but I know I'll have friends and family dead.

In Minneapolis, where a tornado killed one person and injured 29, authorities imposed an overnight curfew in a 4-square-mile area, including some of thecity's poorest neighbourhoods, to prevent looting and keep streets clear for emergency crews.

Levelled: Red Cross representatives say 75% of Joplin is gone - here, vehicles and houses in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Main Streets are a jumble of rubble after a

the tornado swept through


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Condolences: President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon during his visit to Dublin, Ireland. The President extended his condolences to

all impacted by the deadly tornadoes

Widespread devastation: Another tornado in Minneapolis damaged at least 100 homes, toppling hundreds of trees and injuring at least 29 people

Community spirit: Residents of Joplin help a woman who survived in her basement after a tornado tore a path a mile wide and four miles long destroying homes and

businesses

Mayor RT Rybak said one liquor store was looted right after the tornado hit late Sunday and a few burglaries took place overnight.

He said it wasn't immediately clear how many homes were affected, simply saying: 'It's a lot.'

Though the damage covered several blocks, it appeared few houses were totally demolished. Much of the damage was to roofs, front porches that hadbeen sheared away and fences.


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The tornado left part of a garage door in a tree and many large trees were left leaning against houses.

Pat Trafton said her family escaped unharmed after a tree was left leaning against her house.

Mrs Trafton, 67, said: 'It's been a crazy day.

'They say it was a monster tornado. It all just happened so fast.'

It was the first tornado to hit the city since August 2009. 'There was no doubt right away,' the meteorologist said.

North Minneapolis resident Tiffany Pabich was taking a nap just as the tornado blew through.

Bettered streets: Debris is scattered about in Minneapolis. On Sunday night a tornado warning was issued for several areas in central states

Crushed: Vehicles were picked up and dumped across the city by the tornado which left 30 people dead and dozens injured


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She said: 'It went right between our houses. A tree landed on top of mycar. We smelled gas right away.'

It is the latest in a string of natural disasters to strike the U.S. - whichbegan with blizzards shutting down the North-East over New Year, andwildfires devastating the South.

A deadly system of twisters in April and the continuing flooding crisisof theMississippi River will push the cost of recovery and compensation over $5billion.

Added to this are the predictions of a bumper hurricane season this year inthe South-East, and the prospect of nine Western states - fromWashington to New Mexico - suffering flooding as snowpacks up to 60ftdeep in placesmelt and swell waterways in the warmer weather.

The weekend's Midwest storms uprooted as many as 50 natural gas

service lines in Minneapolis and suburban St. Louis Park, and CentrePointEnergy warned residents to be careful of gas leaks.

Xcel Energy reported more than 20,000 of its customers lost electricity inthe metro area.

The Minneapolis Police Department asked people who didn't live in thearea to stay away.

A shelter for those displaced by the storm was set up Sunday afternoon ata nearby armoury.

In the north-east Kansas, powerful storms spawned funnel clouds and hailthat ripped limbs off of trees and shattered windows.

About 200 homes were damaged in and around Reading with the tornadosweeping through the small town around 9:15pm Saturday night, saidKansas Division of Emergency Management spokeswoman Sharon

Watson.A man was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to NewmanRegional Hospital in Emporia, about 20 miles from where the tornado hit,hospital supervisor Deb Gould said.

Ms Gould said two other people were brought in with injuries but she hadno further details.

Five people were injured in all, along with the person killed, said MsWatson.

Reading, a town of about 250 people is 50 miles south of the Kansas capital city, Topeka.

Severe thunderstorms pelted the region with hail that some Topeka residents claimed was the size of baseballs, authorities said this morning.

The storms hit the area from 6pm until midnight with the first significant calls of damage coming in about 6.30pm local time in Shawnee County, MsWatson told CNN.

'There was significant damage caused by large hail, which broke windows and broke tree limbs,' she said.

The local post office and volunteer fire department were damaged, and all roads in and out of the town have been closed off.

'I'm hoping it's over for us,' said Ms Gould, noting that local authorities were still at the scene in Reading this morning.

Carnage: Rescue vehicles line up along northbound Rangeline Road in Joplin, Mo. after a fatal tornado swept through the city

Reverend Lyle Williams, who is a pastor for about 10 worshippers at the Reading First Baptist Church, said the church suffered extensive damage: 'Yeah,it's pretty bad,' he said. 'My daughter was out there and told me about it.'

'I'm not going to be able to have church today that's for sure,' he added, saying he's been a pastor at the church for 21 years.

In Jefferson County, a mobile home was destroyed with an elderly couple was trapped inside, Ms Watson told CNN. She said responders cleared the


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debris and rescued the couple unhurt.

Wreckage: A man stands amid the remains of a Wal-Mart store, after it was hit by the tornado, in Joplin

Night fall: An emergency worker searches the same Walmart storelater the same day


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Rescue effort: Local resident Justin Titus watches crews clean the streets in Joplin

Power had been restored in the town by early Sunday and a shelter was being set up at a local school.

The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado also touched down in Topeka and northeast of the city near Lake Perry, where damage wasreported at a nearby campsite, Ms Watson said.

While many states have been struck by severe storms this spring, Kansas has been having one of its lightest tornado seasons in decades, according tothe National Weather Service.

A taste of spring? Trees were stripped of branches and many were left resting against houses


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Flattened: Reading - a town of about 250 people, 50 miles south of capital city Topeka

Clean-up begins: 'There was significant damage caused by large hail, which broke windows and broke tree limbs,' Ms Watson said. The local post office and volunteer

fire department were damaged

Until Saturday, no tornadoes had been reported in May, a month that averages nearly 30. Last May, 127 tornadoes tore through the state.

Governor Sam Brownback declared an emergency for 16 counties, including the one surrounding Reading, Ms Watson said.

The declaration allows state resources to be used in recovery and cleanup and paves the way for federal assistance if needed.

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