However, it is the Joplin tornado of May 22, 2011, that holds the place as the most violent and deadly tornado in modern history for both Missouri and Illinois. The Joplin tornado cut a 20+ mile ...

Jeff Terry: It is very dramatic, yes. And a huge turning point for me was in 2011 Joplin, Missouri, went through an F5 Tornado, and I was in that tornado. That tornado changed my entire life. I just ...

Deadline said the documentary’s story is told from the perspective of a group of young people who encounter the EF-5 tornado. The trailer begins with celebratory images of a high school ...

Their piercing wail is just a part of life in Missouri as well as other parts of the Midwest known as Tornado Alley. But this time, Jane Cage, COO of Heartland Technology Solutions, a Joplin ...

Joplin emergency responders will participate Wednesday with the State Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service in an annual statewide tornado drill during Severe Weather ...

The 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, was one of the most destructive in US history -- killing 161 people, injuring 1,150 and destroying approximately one-third of the city's homes. Disclaimer ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fourteen years after an EF5 tornado ripped through Joplin, a new documentary highlights the aftermath from the eyes of residents who experienced the incident. “The Twister ...

Following the tornado, research showed that a key factor leading to the fatalities was warning fatigue. Many residents simply didn’t take the warning seriously enough to act to protect ...

Joplin’s tornado sirens will be activated at 11 a.m. for three minutes as they would in a real weather emergency, unless there is a storm Wednesday morning at the time of the drill.