Convoy of Hope in Springfield has released a short documentary to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Joplin, Missouri EF-5 tornado that killed 158 people, and to reflect on how the disaster ...

Human behavior researchers say catastrophes can bring out kindness in surprising ways. 15 years after Joplin, Mo., came ...

The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history devastated Joplin, Missouri, 15 years ago, causing an estimated $2.8 billion in damage, killing 161 and injuring 1,000.

The EF-5 Joplin tornado; survivor Steven Weersing in Netflix's "Twister: Caught in the Storm" The EF-5 tornado that ripped through Joplin, Mo., in 2011 killed 158 people, but another deadly threat ...

The tornado missed where we were by about 4 blocks. I started about 22nd and Main Street and began working east helping ...

PECULIAR, Mo., May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 22, 2026, Operation BBQ Relief® (OBR) will return to the city where its mission began, setting up at Cunningham Park in Joplin, Mo. to ...

Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes and his camera team were in Kansas City on the early morning of May 22, 2011, and he said they knew where they wanted to go that day. “We started our day that ...