Rescue crews worked through the rain-soaked chill of night, ignoring lightning and strong winds to dig through splintered homes, crumpled businesses and crushed cars in this Missouri town walloped by the deadliest single tornado in nearly six decades. Even more ominous: More storms, possibly strong ones, were on the horizon.
STORY: Joplin, Missouri Gets Rocked By Massive Tornado
The death toll in Joplin reached 117 on Monday and was expected to climb. But there were glimmers of hope: Rescuers pulled 17 people from the rubble, and Gov. Jay Nixon vowed that crews would keep searching until everyone is accounted for.
“They still think there are folks that could be alive,” Nixon told The Associated Press. Searchlights were brought in for work to continue overnight.
Early Tuesday, Assistant City Manager Sam Anselm said no new victims or survivors had been found overnight.
The killer tornado ripped through the heart of Joplin, a blue-collar southwest Missouri town of 50,000 people, Sunday night, slamming straight into St. John’s Regional Medical Center. The hospital confirmed that five of the dead were patients – all of them in critical condition before the tornado hit. A hospital visitor also was killed.
(via AP)
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Over One Hundred Dead As Major Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri.
Over One Hundred Dead As Major Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri.
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Over One Hundred Dead As Major Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri.
Over One Hundred Dead As Major Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri.
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Over One Hundred Dead As Major Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri.
Over One Hundred Dead As Major Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri.
