At least 116 are dead and nearly 30 percent of city damaged. May 23, 2011 — -- Rescue efforts are under way as residents of Joplin, Mo., try to pick up the pieces of their lives after a ...

From the producers of "Dateline," NBC's new series "Survival Mode" will give viewers an inside look at some of the largest and most recent disasters through accounts from those who lived through them.

In a spring of historic tornado outbreaks, a single late May tornado in southwest Missouri was the mic drop on a truly terrible 2011. On May 22, 2011, 14 years ago today, an EF5 tornado tore a ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — The tornado that impacted so many in Joplin and Duquesne 14-years ago is getting quite a bit of attention at Missouri Southern. And it’s thanks to an archive project — which is being ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - A federal agency's final report about its technical investigation into the 2011 Joplin tornado calls for nationally accepted standards for building design and construction, and ...

School doors open in Joplin, Mo., three months after deadly tornado. Aug. 17, 2011 -- For a town desperately seeking a return to some sense of normalcy, the ringing of school bells is more welcome ...

Update: the death count has risen to 116, making it the most-deadly single tornado in 60 years, the AP reports. On Sunday, a tornado cut a nearly half-mile wide path through six miles of the city of ...