Steven Weersing, nicknamed 'miracle boy' after surviving the 2011 Joplin tornado, is opening up to PEOPLE about what he ...

Saplings — no more than 6 feet tall — dot the landscape in Joplin, Mo. They replace the large shade trees that were ripped out of the ground by a massive tornado that swept through town in May ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — On May 22, 2011, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history since modern ... I'm standing in my front door, and a fairly good-sized tree just snapped off and landed about 15 yards ...

There are more trees in this part of town. Somewhere in the fields of rural Newton County is where the tornado lifted off, carrying with it pieces of the Joplin that had been. Surrounded by the ...

The winds destroyed 17,000 trees and tossed thousands of cars, trucks, fire engines and helicopters. The path of the tornado also landed a direct hit on Mercy Hospital Joplin (then called St. John ...

On May 22, 2011, 14 years ago today, an EF5 tornado tore a six-mile long and up to mile-wide path of devastation through Joplin ... defoliated and debarked trees, scouring, parking blocks scraped ...

Crews provided by the city of Joplin will be put to work starting June 3 collecting downed trees and limbs from the May 6 tornado. The City Council on Monday night approved a staff proposal to ...

Lightning struck the roof of the St. John’s Hospital in Joplin on Monday afternoon, May 23, 2011, after a tornado swept through ... resilience as they fight for survival — each with ...