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Winds of destruction: tornadoes ravage US towns
Just two days after ‘supercell storms’ killed 116 people, six more are left dead and many others missing.
A mattress hangs limp in Joplin, Missouri, in the aftermath of the May 24 tornado. [Reuters]
Published On 25 May 2011
25 May 2011
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A swimming pool filled with debris as residents search through the remains of an apartment complex after the May 24 tornado in Joplin. [Reuters]
A volunteer searches for missing children in the Falcon Lake area of Piedmont, Oklahoma after a May 24 tornado. [Reuters]
Betty Matthews searches through the rubble of what was once her home in Piedmont, Oklahoma. [Reuters]
A makeshift sign shows the address of a home that formerly stood in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
A makeshift address sign affirms that residents of the former Joplin, Missouri, home are (***)OK(***). [Reuters]
Two men comfort each other as they stand in the rubble of what used to be one of their homes in Joplin, Missouri. The rubble used to house one of the men along with his 13-month-old son and wife, who were killed in the tornado on May 24. [Reuters]
A man finds these photos while digging for memories in his former home in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
St. Louis Metro Urban Search & Rescue Strike Team 3 search for victims of the May 24 Joplin tornado. [Reuters]
Cars and homes destroyed in the tornado that killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
This is what St. John(***)s Regional Medical Center looks like after it(***)s roof was blown off. About 180 patients huddled inside as fierce winds brought a slew of destruction on May 23 in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
A Joplin, Missouri resident looks through debris after the May 23 tornado. [Reuters]
An overturned car and destroyed home are seen from the view of St. John(***)s Regional Medical Center, where about 180 patients huddled inside during the May 23 tornado. [Reuters]
A neighborhood is littered with the buildings that used to stand in it after the May 23 tornado in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
(***)Dead end(***): Ruins cover what used to be the town of Joplin, Missouri, where at least 116 people have been killed by tornadoes in recent days. [Reuters]
An entire neighborhood in ruins after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri on May 23. [Reuters]