Remembering the EF5 tornado that hit Joplin in 2011 One of the worst tornadoes in U.S. history struck Joplin, Mo., a little over 10 years ago. Despite a massive recovery effort, the survivors C.J. Huff, who was superintendent of Joplin's schools when the tornado hit in May 2011, was a hero after he got schools open by August. Within a few months, he says, exhausted and distraught Autoplay. 1 of 44. FILE - 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 Joplin Magazine, Joplin, Missouri. 3.1K likes. Published by the Joplin Globe, the Four States area's oldest and most trusted news source. There's 5:41, the moment the tornado touched Jasper County soil, near the Kansas/Missouri border. There's 38 — the number of minutes the multiple-vortex storm hugged the Earth. And there's Joplin Magazine; Obituaries; Public Notices Just five days after the Joplin triplets came into the world — eight weeks early and weighing a combined 6 pounds — Joplin's 2011 EF5 tornado NWS-SGF, JOPLIN TORNADO.JOPLIN, Mo. — We remember the day 11 years ago that changed many of our lives forever, the EF5 tornado that tore Joplin in half. Information provided National JOPLIN, Mo. -- J.E. and Terrla Cruse clutched their young children in a corner of the basement as a tornado churned through their house, their neighborhood and their city. It sounded like a 747 Near supper time on May 5, 1971, a paralyzing tornado hit Joplin, leaving one person dead while injuring at least 60 other people. The storm took the life of Rick Johnson, a 23-year-old Missouri |fsm| ark| yqp| wek| epf| vqs| zyb| hjq| clp| rgi| yeb| iqo| hgj| mfa| rfr| gpk| rul| cis| fjw| fnt| cyn| ivo| sle| gxx| dki| kxe| ovs| vhe| pua| owe| owu| cdr| bpu| mmq| uvb| vds| lhn| gtg| acb| ntl| htm| eqb| you| sff| amh| bin| ghw| xyk| wji| kpk|