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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.

Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
A mattress hangs limp in Joplin, Missouri, in the aftermath of the May 24 tornado. [Reuters]
Published On 25 May 2011
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
A swimming pool filled with debris as residents search through the remains of an apartment complex after the May 24 tornado in Joplin. [Reuters]
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Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
A volunteer searches for missing children in the Falcon Lake area of Piedmont, Oklahoma after a May 24 tornado. [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
Betty Matthews searches through the rubble of what was once her home in Piedmont, Oklahoma. [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
A makeshift sign shows the address of a home that formerly stood in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
A makeshift address sign affirms that residents of the former Joplin, Missouri, home are (***)OK(***). [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
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]
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Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
A man finds these photos while digging for memories in his former home in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
St. Louis Metro Urban Search & Rescue Strike Team 3 search for victims of the May 24 Joplin tornado. [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
Cars and homes destroyed in the tornado that killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
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]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
A Joplin, Missouri resident looks through debris after the May 23 tornado. [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
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]
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A neighborhood is littered with the buildings that used to stand in it after the May 23 tornado in Joplin, Missouri. [Reuters]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
(***)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]
Tornado ravages Joplin, Missouri.
An entire neighborhood in ruins after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Missouri on May 23. [Reuters]