The remains of a truck is wrapped around a tree as Kayla McMinn gathers belongings on Vermont Avenue, near 18th Street, on Monday afternoon, May 23, 2011, a day after Joplin, Mo., was hit by a tornado ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — A 22-mile-long path of destruction was carved into St. Louis on May 16, leaving five people dead and over $1.6 billion in damages. The historic EF3 tornado caused the "largest residential ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Despite delays caused by the wet spring, three Joplin schools damaged or destroyed by the May 2011 tornado are on target to open as scheduled. Three elementary schools are expected ...

Continuing coverage: Read more on the Joplin tornado and aftermath. Related Story: Obama lauds Joplin grads, residents in commencement speech JOPLIN, Mo. - Ginny Yeoman calls herself one of the lucky ...

A 22-mile-long path of destruction was carved into St. Louis on May 16, leaving five people dead and over $1.6 billion in damages. The historic EF3 tornado caused the "largest residential destruction ...

Brian Froelke, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and chief medical officer for the Missouri medical disaster team, has set out to Joplin, Mo., to help set up a ...

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 ...