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 ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Many Joplin residents either ignored or were slow to react to the first warning sirens about a massive and deadly tornado this spring, partially because of years of false alarms, ...

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.

"Extreme Makeover: Home Editon" will rebuild family's home. Oct. 19, 2011— -- A family from Joplin, Mo., whose home was destroyed in the devastating tornado got the surprise of a lifetime today ...

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 ...

Steven Weersing, known to many as "miracle boy" after surviving the 2011 Joplin tornado, is opening up to PEOPLE about how the twister changed his perspective on family and fatherhood Two years after ...

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 ...